On Your Feet to Earn Your Seat: pilot RCT of a theory-based sedentary behaviour reduction intervention for older adults

On Your Feet to Earn Your Seat: pilot RCT of a theory-based sedentary behaviour reduction intervention for older adults

Abstract Background Of all age groups, older adults spend most of the time sitting and are least physically active. This sequential, mixed-methods feasibility study used a randomised controlled trial design to assess methods for trialling a habit-based intervention to displace older adults’ sedentar...

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Main Authors: Isabelle White, Lee Smith, Daniel Aggio, Sahana Shankar, Saima Begum, Raluca Matei, Kenneth R. Fox, Mark Hamer, Steve Iliffe, Barbara J. Jefferis, Nick Tyler, Benjamin Gardner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Subjects:
Older adults
Sedentary behaviour
Sitting
Physical activity
Intervention
Habit
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40814-017-0139-6

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