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A prospective study of psychosocial correlates of physical activity for ethnic minority women
Castro CM, Sallis JF, Hickmann SA, Lee RE, Chen AH
Psychology & Health 1999;14(2):277-293
clinical trial
2/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: No. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

The purpose of this study was to identify comlates of physical activity for sedentary. ethnic minority women and determine if these comlatcs were modified by an intervention. One hundred twenty-five women panicipated in a randomized. controlled trial of a walking program. The intervention was designed to alter social learning-based correlates through telephone counseling and mailings. Walking and correlates were assessed at baseline, 8-week post-test. and 5-month follow-up. Both intervention and control groups increased walking and decreased in respons of perceived barriers, self-efficacy. and enjoyment from baseline to post-test. and baseline to follow-up. Social support increased over time, with intervention participants reporting greater increases. Change in self-efficacy from baseline to follow-up was associated with increases in walking. The results provide some evidence that self-efficacy correlated with walking for participants. but 3 of 4 correlates were not positively influenced by the intervention.

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