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  • Public Health
  • Digital Health

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  • Internet-based interventions with pedometers and goal-setting aim to increase walking behavior.
  • Few studies have assessed the long-term maintenance of behavior change from such interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of a 12-week tailored pedometer step goal walking program with an interactive website on walking behavior and health parameters over 12 and 24 weeks.

Main Methods:

  • Participants were randomized to the Stepwise (SW) intervention (pedometer, tailored step goals, interactive website) or a comparison (CP) group (pedometer, general physical activity information).
  • Measurements included step counts, BMI, heart rate, blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, psychological well-being, perceived health, self-efficacy, and motivation at baseline, 12, and 24 weeks.

Main Results:

  • Both groups increased step counts by week 12, but only the SW group showed significantly higher step counts at 24 weeks.
  • Both groups showed improvements in triglyceride levels, diastolic blood pressure, positive and negative affect, and perceived health at 12 weeks.
  • Total cholesterol increased in both groups, while motivation for walking improved with higher self-efficacy and autonomous motivation in the SW group.

Conclusions:

  • While both groups improved health markers after 12 weeks, only the SW intervention group maintained increased step counts at 24 weeks.
  • The combination of a tailored step-goal walking program and internet-based behavior change tools appears crucial for sustained behavior change.