SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2009
Characteristics of physical activity guidelines and their effect on adherence: a review of randomized trials.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Behavioral determinants of physical activity across the life course: a "DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity" (DEDIPAC) umbrella systematic literature review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Pooled it
- Future challenges for intervention research in health and lifestyle research - A systematic meta-literature review.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2015Pooled it
- Exercise and type 2 diabetes: the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Diabetes Association: joint position statement.Diabetes care · 2010Guideline
- Effectiveness of three different walking prescription durations on total physical activity in normal- and overweight women.Obesity facts · 2014Trial
- Changes in body weight, C-reactive protein, and total adiponectin in non-obese women after 12 months of a small-volume, home-based exercise program.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2013Trial
- Adherence to a physical activity intervention among older adults in a post-transitional middle income country: a quantitative and qualitative analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2013Trial
- Understanding how adherence goals promote adherence behaviours: a repeated measure observational study with HIV seropositive patients.BMC public health · 2012Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of home-based exercise combined with a slight caloric restriction on obesity prevention among women.Preventive medicineTrial
- From depression to bone health: examining the skeletal effects of classical and rapid-acting antidepressants.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
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- Depression and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Epidemiology, Mechanism, and Treatment.Neuroscience bulletin · 2023Review
- Feasibility, safety and effectiveness of a pilot 16-week home-based, impact exercise intervention in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021Article
- Effects of physical activity recommendations on mindset, behavior and perceived health.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Beneficial Effects of Exercise on Depression and Anxiety During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Review
- Renal function and physical fitness after 12-mo supervised training in kidney transplant recipients.World journal of transplantation · 2018Article
- Experiences and attitudes about physical activity and exercise in patients with chronic pain: a qualitative interview study.Journal of pain research · 2018Article
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Abstract
Prescription characteristics and guidelines of recommended physical activity have been suggested as factors that may affect behavioural adherence; however, no review has critically appraised the current evidence. Thus, the purpose of this article was to review the effect of frequency, intensity, duration and mode on physical activity adherence and provide meta-analytical summaries of the findings. A total of 27 peer-reviewed studies met inclusion criteria and random-effects meta-analytical procedures, correcting for sampling bias, were employed where possible. Overall, results showed that the effect of physical activity guideline characteristics on behavioural adherence is not particularly robust as evidenced by a lack of unified findings and almost no evidence for the interaction among these factors (e.g. volume of activity and energy expenditure). Frequency (d = 0.08), intensity (d = 0.02), duration (d = 0.05) and mode of activity (ds = 0.03-0.10) showed generally null/trivial effects. Factors unrelated to the recommended guidelines may be of greater importance when considering behavioural adherence issues. Social cognitive, personality, and environmental or socioeconomic factors have amassed considerable evidence as correlates or determinants of physical activity, and health promoters may wish to consider these variables before basic physical activity characteristics.
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