"ASUKI Step" pedometer intervention in university staff: Rationale and design

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ainsworth, Barbara E ^a   Der Ananian, Cheryl ^a   Soroush, Ali ^b,c,d   Walker, Jenelle ^a   Swan, Pamela ^a   Poortvliet, Eric ^b,d   Yngve, Agneta ^b,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Exercise; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Worksite health promotion

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; ARIZONA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SLEEP; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84864928329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-657     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee, Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Report US Department of Health and Human Services, In. Washington, DC 23
2. The World Health Report 2002-Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life. Guilbert JJ, Educ Health 2003 16 2 230 10.1080/1357628031000116808 (Pubitemid 36939565)
3. Physical activity and cardiovascular health. NIH Consensus Panel of Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health, JAMA 1996 276 3 241 246 8667571
4. Executive summary of the third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) expert panel on detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (adult treatment panel III). Expert Panel on Detection E Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults, JAMA 2001 285 19 2486 2497 10.1001/jama.285.19.2486 11368702
5. Deaths: final data for 2005. Kung H, Hoyert D, Xu J, Murphy S, Natl Vital Stat Rep 2008 56 10 1 120 18578105
6. Physical activity, exercise, and physical fitness: definitions and distinctions for health-related research. Caspersen CJ, Powell KE, Christenson GM, Public Health Rep 1985 100 20 126 131 3920711 (Pubitemid 15064369)
7. Exercise and physical activity in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a statement from the Council on Clinical Cardiology (Subcommittee on Exercise, Rehabilitation, and Prevention) and the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Subcommittee on Physical Activity). Thompson P, Buchner D, Pĩa I, Balady G, Williams M, BH M, Kathy Berra K, Blair S, Costa F, Franklin BA, et al. Circulation 2003 107 24 3109 3116 10.1161/01.CIR.0000075572.40158.77 12821592 (Pubitemid 36758987)
8. Psychological interventions for overweight or obesity. Shaw K, ORourke P, Del Mar C, Kenardy J, Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005 2 D003818 15846683
9. Behavioral counseling to promote physical activity and a healthful diet to prevent cardiovascular disease in adults: a systematic review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Lin J, OConnor E, Whitlock E, Beil T, Ann Intern Med 2010 153 11 736 750 21135297
10. A RE-AIM evaluation of theory-based physical activity interventions. Antikainen I, Ellis R, J Sport Exerc Psychol 2011 33 2 198 214 21558580
11. Transtheoretical model for dietary and physical exercise modification in weight loss management for overweight and obese adults. Tuah N, Amiel C, Qureshi S, Car J, Kaur B, Majeed A, Cochrane Database System Review 2011 10 D008066
12. Dietary advice for reducing cardiovascular risk. Brunner E, Rees K, Ward K, Burke M, Thorogood M, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007 4 D002128
13. Healthy Workforce 2010 and Beyond, www.prevent.org/LBE
14. Worksite Health Promotion, www.thecommunityguide.org/worksite/index.html
15. How many steps/day are enough? Preliminary pedometer indices for public health. Tudor-Locke C, Bassett DJ, Sports Med 2004 34 1 1 8 10.2165/00007256- 200434010-00001 14715035 (Pubitemid 38186940)
16. How many steps/day are enough? For adults. Tudor-Locke C, Craig C, Brown W, Clemes S, De Cocker K, Giles-Corti B, Hatano Y, Inoue S, Matsudo S, Mutrie N, et al. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2011 8 1 17 10.1186/1479-5868-8-1 21194492
17. Walking towards health in a university community: a feasibility study. Gilson N, McKenna J, Cooke C, Brown W, Prev Med 2007 44 167 169 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.09.012 17156836 (Pubitemid 46186491)
18. Participant experiences in a workplace pedometer-based physical activity program. Lauzon N, Chan C, Myers A, Tudor-Locke C, J Phys Act Health 2008 5 5 675 687 18820340
19. A pilot intervention to promote walking and wellness and to improve the health of college faculty and staff. Haines D, Davis L, Rancour P, Robinson M, Neel-Wilson T, Wagner S, J Am Coll Health 2007 55 4 219 225 10.3200/JACH.55.4. 219-225 17319328
20. The effect of a multi-strategy workplace physical activity intervention promoting pedometer use and step count increase. De Cocker K, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Cardon G, Health Educ Res 2009 25 4 608 619 19751999
21. Assessment and outcomes of health partners 10,000 steps program in an academic worksite. Speck RM, Hill RK, Pronco NP, Becker MP, Schmitz KH, Health Promot Prac 2009 11 5 741 750
22. Interventions to promote walking: systematic review. Ogilvie D, Foster C, Rothnie H, Cavill N, Hamilton V, Fitzsimons C, Mutrie N, Collaborative SPAR, Brit Med J 2007 334 7605 1 10 17204769
23. Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis. Cohen S, Wills T, Psychol Bull 1985 98 2 310.357 3901065
24. Accuracy and reliability of ten pedometers for measuring steps over a 400- walk. Schneider P, Crouter S, Lukajic O, Bassett D Jr, Med Sci Sport Exerc 2003 35 1779 1784 10.1249/01.MSS.0000089342.96098.C4 (Pubitemid 37221913)
25. Effects of body mass index on the accuracy of an electronic pedometer. Swartz AM, Bassett D Jr, Moore J, Thompson D, Int J Sports Med 2003 24 588 592 14598195 (Pubitemid 37421541)
26. US norms for six generic health-related quality-of-life indexes from the National Health Measurement Study. Fryback D, Dunham N, Palta M, Hanmer J, Buechner J, Cherepanov D, Herrington S, Hays R, Kaplan R, Ganiats T, et al. Med Care 2007 45 12 1162 1170 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31814848f1 18007166
27. A global measure of perceived stress. Cohen S, Kamarck T, Mermelstein R, J Health Soc Behav 1983 24 385 396 10.2307/2136404 6668417
28. Perceived stress in a probability sample in the U.S. Cohen S, Williamson G, The Social Psychol Health. edn Sage, Newberry Park, Spacapan S, Oskamp S, 1988 31 67
29. International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity. Craig C, Marshal A, Sjöström M, Bauman A, Booth M, Ainsworth B, Pratt M, Ekelund U, Yngve A, Sallis J, et al. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2003 35 8 1381 1395 10.1249/01.MSS.0000078924.61453.FB 12900694 (Pubitemid 36936159)
30. Self-efficacy and the stages of exercise behavior change. Marcus B, Selby V, Niaura R, Rossi J, Res Q Exerc Sport 1992 63 60 66 1574662
31. Physical activity social support and middle-and older-aged minority women: results from a US survey. Eyler A, Brownson R, Donatelle R, King A, Brown D, Sallis J, Soc Sci Med 1999 49 6 781 789 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00137-9 10459889 (Pubitemid 29333589)
32. Assessing the measurement properties of neighborhood scales: from psychometrics to ecometrics. Mujahid M, Diez Roux A, Morenoff J, Raghunathan T, Am J Epidemiol 2007 165 858 867 10.1093/aje/kwm040 17329713 (Pubitemid 46536670)
33. Relation between neighborhood environments and obesity in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Mujahid M, Diez Rouz A, Shen M, Gowda D, S B, Shea S, Jacobs DJ, Jackson S, Am J Epidemiol 2008 167 11 1349 1357 10.1093/aje/kwn047 18367469 (Pubitemid 351770549)
34. The benefits of being present: mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Brown K, Ryan R, J Person Soc Psychol 2003 84 4 822 848 (Pubitemid 38397259)
35. Amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors in the United States, 2003-2004. Matthews C, Chen K, Freedson P, Buchowski M, Beech B, Pate R, Troiano R, Am J Epidemiol 2008 167 7 875 881 10.1093/aje/kwm390 18303006 (Pubitemid 351451752)
36. Calibration of accelerometer output for adults. Matthews C, Med Sci Sport Exerc 2005 37 11(suppl) 512 S522
37. Calibration of the Computer Science and Application. Inc. accelerometer. Freedson P, Melanson E, Sirard J, Med Sci Sports Exerc 1998 30 5 777 781 10.1097/00005768-199805000-00021 9588623 (Pubitemid 28211005)
38. Conducting accelerometer-based activity assessments in field-based research. Trost S, McIver K, Pate R, Med Sci Sports Exerc 2005 37 531 S543 10.1249/01.mss.0000185657.86065.98 16294116 (Pubitemid 41691816)
39. Anthropometric Standardization Reference Manual Human Kinetics, Champaign, Lohman T, Roche A, Martorell R, 1988
40. Accuracy of estimating intraabdominal fat mass in obese women. Ball S, Swan P, J Exerc Physiol Online 2003 6 4 1 7 (Pubitemid 40706054)
41. A nomogram for calculation of aerobic capacity (physical fitness) from pulse rate during submaximal work. Astrand P-O, Rhyming I, J Appl Physiol 1954 7 218 218 221 13211501
42. Evaluation of a maximal predictive cycle ergometer test of aerobic power. Patton J, Vogel J, Mello R, Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 1982 49 131 140 10.1007/BF00428971 7201925 (Pubitemid 12084810)
43. Reliability of the isokinetic trunk extensor test, Biering-Sorensen test, and strand bicycle test: assessment of intraclass correlation coefficient and critical difference in patients with chronic low back pain and healthy individuals. Keller A, Hellesnes J, Brox J, Spine 2001 26 771 777 10.1097/00007632-200104010-00017 11295899 (Pubitemid 32268382)
44. Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion. Borg G, Med Sci Sports Exerc 1982 14 5 377 381 7154893 (Pubitemid 13215050)