A physical activity coaching intervention can improve and maintain physical activity and health-related outcomes in adult ambulatory hospital patients: the Healthy4U-2 randomised controlled trial

Table 3 Means and standard deviations for outcome measures at 3 months and 9 month follow-up

Outcome	Intervention			Control			Analyses
	Baseline	Post-Intervention	Follow-up	Baseline	Post-Intervention	Follow-up	Time x Group (F)^a	Effect size^b
MVPA (min/day)	15 ± 5	23 ± 10	22 ± 10	14 ± 5	13 ± 6	10 ± 6	28.7*	0.20
Waist circumference (cm)	97.6 ± 11.7	97.6 ± 11.7	96.3 ± 11.4	97.4 ± 11.4	97.8 ± 11.1	98.2 ± 11.1	45.9*	0.28
Body mass (kg)	84.5 ± 9.9	83.2 ± 9.6	82.4 ± 9.4	84.3 ± 9.1	85.3 ± 8.9	85.8 ± 8.8	107.8*	0.48
BMI (kg/m²)	31.0 ± 4.5	30.6 ± 4.4	30.2 ± 4.3	30.0 ± 4.2	30.4 ± 4.1	30.5 ± 4.2	108.2*	0.49
PA self-efficacy (Scale)	24 ± 4	28 ± 6	30 ± 6	25 ± 4	25 ± 4	22 ± 4	53.3*	0.31
HrQoL (Scale)	0.63 ± 0.06	0.64 ± 0.06	0.65 ± 0.07	0.63 ± 0.07	0.63 ± 0.07	0.61 ± 0.06	8.7*	0.07

Group data are means ± standard deviations. MVPA: moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; BMI Body mass index; HrQoL Health-related quality of life. *p < 0.05. ^a interaction effect of time by group on dependent variable; ^b Partial eta-squared

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