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The effect of consumer-based activity tracker intervention on physical activity among recent retirees -- an RCT study
Leskinen T, Suorsa K, Tuominen M, Pulakka A, Pentti J, Loyttyniemi E, Heinonen I, Vahtera J, Stenholm S
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2021 Aug;53(8):1756-1765
clinical trial
7/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: Yes; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: Yes; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

PURPOSE: The randomized controlled trial REACT (NCT03320746) examined the effect of a 12-month consumer-based activity tracker intervention on accelerometer-measured physical activity among recent retirees. METHODS: Altogether 231 recently retired Finnish adults (age 65.2 +/- 1.1 yr, mean +/- SD; 83% women) were randomized to intervention and control groups. Intervention participants were requested to wear a commercial wrist-worn activity tracker (Polar Loop 2; Polar, Kempele, Finland) for 12 months, to try to reach the daily activity goals shown on the tracker display, and to upload their activity data to a web-based program every week. The control group received no intervention. Accelerometer-based outcome measurements of daily total, light physical activity (LPA), and moderate to vigorous (MVPA) physical activity were conducted at baseline and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month time points. Hierarchical linear mixed models were used to examine the differences between the groups over time. All analyses were performed by intention-to-treat principle and adjusted for wake wear time. RESULTS: The use of a commercial activity tracker did not increase daily total activity, LPA, or MVPA over the 12-months period when compared with nonuser controls (group-time interaction p = 0.39, 0.23, and 0.77, respectively). There was an increase in LPA over the first 6 months in both the intervention (26 min/d, 95% confidence interval (CI) 13 to 39) and the control (14 min/d, 95% CI 1 to 27) groups, but the difference between the groups was not significant (12 min/d, 95% CI -6 to 30). In both groups, LPA decreased from 6 to 12 months. CONCLUSION: The 12-month use of a commercial activity tracker does not appear to elicit significant changes in the daily total activity among a general population sample of recent retirees, thus highlighting the need to explore other alternatives to increase physical activity in this target group.

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