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The Effect of a Pedometer-based Program Improvement of Physical Activity in Tabriz University Employees
Mohammad Hossein Baghianimoghaddam1, Fatemeh Bakhtari-Aghdam1, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi2
1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University, Yazd, Iran.
Background:
Regular physical activity (PA) has been shown to reduce risk of morbidity and overall mortality. A study has displayed that achieving 10,000 steps/day is associated with important health outcomes and have been used to promote PA. Pedometers are a popular tool for PA interventions in different setting. This study investigated the effects on pedometer-based and self-reported PA among Tabriz University employees.
Methods:
This experimental study assessed the effects of 16 weeks pedometer-based workplace intervention. Participants (n = 154) were employees of two worksites. Pedometer-based and self-reported PA from one intervention worksite was compared with the data of a comparison workplace. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) for self-reported measure of PA, and demographic (age, marital status, educational level, employment status, and stage of change) variables were obtained. To measure PA objectively pedometer was used.
Results:
Participants reported to increase the step counts from baseline (end of summer) to posttest (winter). The intervention effect revealed significant increase in the intervention group (8279 ± 2759 steps/day than in the comparison work place (4118 ± 1136). Self-reported based on IPAQ concluded women in intervention worksite had a significant increase in the leisure time domain, but similar finding was not found in the comparison worksite.
Conclusions:
Pedometer used might rather benefit those individuals who want feedback on their current PA, also walking should be considered to increase PA in employee women.
