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October 2005, Vol 95, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1825-1831
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.044537

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Effect of a Tailored Physical Activity Intervention Delivered in General Practice Settings: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Esther M.F. van Sluijs, PhD, Mireille N.M. van Poppel, PhD, Jos W.R. Twisk, PhD, Marijke J. Chin A Paw, PhD, Karen J. Calfas, PhD and Willem van Mechelen, MD, PhD

Esther M.F. van Sluijs is with the Department of Public and Occupation Health and the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Mireille N.M. van Poppel, Marijke J. Chin A Paw, and Willem van Mechelen are with the Department of Public and Occupation Health and the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, and Body@Work, Amsterdam. Jos W.R. Twisk is with the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center. Karen J. Calfas is with the Student Health Services, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Mireille N. M. van Poppel, PhD, Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands (e-mail: mnm.vanpoppel{at}vumc.nl).

Objectives. We evaluated the effectiveness of a minimal intervention physical activity strategy (physician-based assessment and counseling for exercise [PACE]) applied in general practice settings in the Netherlands.

Methods. Randomization took place at the general practice level. Participants were patients aged 18–70 years of age who had been diagnosed with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, or non–insulin-dependent diabetes and had not been regularly physically active in the past 6 months. Outcome measures were assessed at baseline and at 8-week, 6-month, and 1-year follow-ups.

Results. No significant intervention effect over time was observed on physical activity level or stage of change for regular physical activity, and an inverse intervention effect was observed for waist circumference. However, the study population as a whole exhibited a significant increase in physical activity and a borderline significant decrease in body weight at the 1-year follow-up.

Conclusions. Positive effects on physical activity level and body weight were observed, but the PACE intervention was not more effective than the standard physical activity advice.




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