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Physical activity screening to recruit inactive randomized controlled trial participants: how much is too much?
Trial report in Trials, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of Wearable Activity Trackers for Increasing Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Web-Based Video-Coaching to Assist an Automated Computer-Tailored Physical Activity Intervention for Inactive Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Trial
- An App-Based Behavioral Support Intervention Promoting Physical Activity (APPROACH) in Patients Diagnosed With Breast, Prostate, or Colorectal Cancer: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Does intervention engagement mediate physical activity change in a web-based computer-tailored physical activity intervention?-Secondary outcomes from a randomised controlled trial.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
- Effects of an Activity Tracker and App Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Whole Families-The Step It Up Family Feasibility Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Validity and responsiveness to change of the Active Australia Survey according to gender, age, BMI, education, and physical activity level and awareness.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Short- and long-term effectiveness of a three-month individualized need-supportive physical activity counseling intervention at the workplace.BMC public health · 2017Article
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9 authors.
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Abstract
unlabelledScreening physical activity levels is common in trials to increase physical activity in inactive populations. Commonly applied single-item screening tools might not always be effective in identifying those who are inactive. We applied the more extensive Active Australia Survey to identify inactive people among those who had initially been misclassified as too active using a single-item measure. Those enrolled after the Active Australia Survey screening had significantly higher physical activity levels at subsequent baseline assessment. Thus, more extensive screening measures might result in the inclusion of participants who would otherwise be excluded, possibly introducing unwanted bias.
trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12611000157976.
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