The Effect of Consumer-based Activity Tracker Intervention on Physical Activity among Recent Retirees-An RCT Study
| Autor: | Anna Pulakka, Sari Stenholm, Jussi Vahtera, Miika Tuominen, Kristin Suorsa, Tuija Leskinen, Jaana Pentti, Ilkka Heinonen, Eliisa Löyttyniemi |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Public Health |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Population sample Outcome measurements Physical activity 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Fitness Trackers WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) Accelerometry EHEALTH INTERVENTIONS Humans Medicine OLDER ADULTS Orthopedics and Sports Medicine RETIREMENT 030212 general & internal medicine 315 Sport and fitness sciences OLDER-ADULTS Exercise Finland Aged business.industry Activity tracker Applied Sciences Middle Aged Confidence interval ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING Physical therapy Female PHYSICAL ACTIVITY business SEDENTARY BEHAVIORS RCT TRANSITION |
| Zdroj: | Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise |
| Popis: | Supplemental digital content is available in the text. Purpose The randomized controlled trial REACT (NCT03320746) examined the effect of a 12-month consumer-based activity tracker intervention on accelerometer-measured physical activity among recent retirees. Methods Altogether 231 recently retired Finnish adults (age, 65.2 ± 1.1 yr, mean ± SD; 83% women) were randomized to intervention and control groups. Intervention participants were requested to wear a commercial wrist-worn activity tracker (Polar Loop 2; Polar, Kempele, Finland) for 12 months, to try to reach the daily activity goals shown on the tracker display, and to upload their activity data to a Web-based program every week. The control group received no intervention. Accelerometer-based outcome measurements of daily total, light physical activity (LPA), and moderate to vigorous (MVPA) physical activity were conducted at baseline and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month time points. Hierarchical linear mixed models were used to examine the differences between the groups over time. All analyses were performed by intention-to-treat principle and adjusted for wake wear time. Results The use of a commercial activity tracker did not increase daily total activity, LPA, or MVPA over the 12-months period when compared with nonuser controls (group–time interaction, P = 0.39, 0.23, and 0.77, respectively). There was an increase in LPA over the first 6 months in both the intervention (26 min·d−1, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 13 to 39) and the control (14 min·d−1, 95% CI = 1 to 27) groups, but the difference between the groups was not significant (12 min·d−1, 95% CI = −6 to 30). In both groups, LPA decreased from 6 to 12 months. Conclusion The 12-month use of a commercial activity tracker does not appear to elicit significant changes in the daily total activity among a general population sample of recent retirees, thus highlighting the need to explore other alternatives to increase physical activity in this target group. |
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