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    Follow-up assessments are crucial for behavior change programs. However, contacting participants can be challenging, as easier-to-reach individuals may not represent overall outcomes for physical activity maintenance.

    Area of Science:

    • Behavioral science
    • Health promotion
    • Exercise physiology

    Background:

    • Follow-up assessments are essential for evaluating behavior change programs.
    • Difficulty in contacting participants can bias outcome data, as seen in alcohol abuse programs.
    • Understanding participant contactability is key to accurate maintenance assessment.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To examine the relationship between follow-up difficulty and reported physical activity maintenance.
    • To assess the representativeness of data from easily contacted participants in a fitness program.
    • To determine the impact of participant contactability on evaluating long-term behavior change.

    Main Methods:

    • A community-based fitness program with 372 participants was studied.

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  • Follow-up assessments were conducted 6 months post-program completion.
  • The relationship between ease of participant contact and reported exercise levels was analyzed.

    • Main Results:

    • Ninety percent of participants were successfully contacted.
    • Participants who were easier to contact reported significantly higher levels of current exercise.
    • Contact difficulty was associated with biased reporting of physical activity maintenance.

    Conclusions:

    • Contacting a large percentage of former participants is vital for meaningful follow-up studies.
    • Biased data can result from focusing only on easily contacted individuals.
    • Accurate evaluation of behavior change programs requires comprehensive participant follow-up.