Physical activity, messaging and spinal cord injury
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Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Kelly P.
Sweet, Shane N.
Lamontagne, Marie-Eve
Ginis, Kathleen A. Martin
Jeske, Samantha
Routhier, François
Latimer-Cheung, Amy E.
Date
2017-08-03
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journal article
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Study Design:Single blind, two-group randomized controlled trial.Objectives:To evaluate the efficacy of the SCI Get Fit Toolkit delivered online on theoretical constructs and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among adults with SCI.Setting:Ontario and Quebec, Canada.Eligibility:Inactive, English- and French-speaking Canadian adults with traumatic SCI with Internet access, and no self-reported cognitive or memory impairments.Methods:Participants (N=90 Mage=48.12±11.29 years; 79% male) were randomized to view the SCI Get Fit Toolkit or the Physical Activity Guidelines for adults with SCI (PAG-SCI) online. Primary (intentions) and secondary (outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, planning and MVPA behaviour) outcomes were assessed over a 1-month period.Results:Of the 90 participants randomized, 77 were included in the analyses. Participants viewed the experimental stimuli only briefly, reading the 4-page toolkit for approximately 2.5 min longer than the 1-page guideline document. No condition effects were found for intentions, outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, and planning (ΔR2⩽0.03). Individuals in the toolkit condition were more likely to participate in at least one bout of 20 min of MVPA behaviour at 1-week post-intervention compared to individuals in the guidelines condition (OR=3.54, 95% CI=0.95, 13.17). However, no differences were found when examining change in weekly minutes of MVPA or comparing whether participants met the PAG-SCI.Conclusions:No firm conclusions can be made regarding the impact of the SCI Get Fit Toolkit in comparison to the PAG-SCI on social cognitions and MVPA behaviour. The limited online access to this resource may partially explain these null findings.
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Final publication available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/scsandc.2017.44
Citation
Arbour-Nicitopoulos, K. P., Sweet, S. N., Lamontagne, M.-E., Ginis, K. A. M., Jeske, S., Routhier, F., & Latimer-Cheung, A. E. (2017). A randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of the SCI Get Fit Toolkit on leisure-time physical activity behaviour and social-cognitive processes in adults with spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 3(1). doi:10.1038/scsandc.2017.44
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC