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Results of a randomized controlled trial to promote physical activity behaviours in mothers with young children
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Results of a randomized controlled trial to promote physical activity behaviours in mothers with young children

Sarojini Maria dos Remedios Monteiro, Jonine Jancey, Satvinder S Dhaliwal, Peter Howat, Sharyn Burns, Andrew P Hills and Annie S. Anderson
Preventive medicine, Vol.59(1), pp.12-18
02/2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.10.022
PMID: 24220099

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Objective. Increasing levels of physical activity in mothers have long-term health benefits for the mother and family. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of a six-month, physical activity RCT for mothers of young children. Methods. Women were recruited via playgroups and randomly assigned to intervention (n=394) or control group (n=322). The intervention group received a six-month multi-strategy programme delivered via playgroups in Perth, Australia. measures were mean minutes per week of moderate (M) and vigorous (V) intensity physical activity (PA), and number of days/week of muscle strength exercises. Results. The intervention had a significant effect on mean time for vigorous (p=0.008), moderate (p=0.023) and total physical activity (p=0.001) when compared to the control group. The intervention group increased their vigorous activity by a mean of 24 min/week, moderate activity by 23 min/week and total physical activity by 72 min/week. Conclusions. A relatively minimum home based intervention was able to demonstrate modest but statistically significant improvements in physical activity in a hard to reach group. These changes if maintained over a longer period are likely to improve the health of mothers and have a positive impact on their partners and children. Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12609000735257.

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