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Comparison of 3 interventions to increase walking in sedentary women
1Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8036, USA. Mary.Nies@stonybrook.edu
Objective:
To increase walking activity in sedentary women.
Methods:
Women (N = 253) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: video education/control, brief telephone calls with no counseling, and telephone calls with counseling. Assessments were made at baseline, 6 months, and 1 year.
Results:
All interventions increased the number of reported minutes walked and decreased the time to walk a mile.
Conclusions:
The variability in the telephone counseling and brief telephone call groups seemed to suggest a group of participants who were high responders.
