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Development and feasibility study of very brief interventions for physical activity in primary care

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, April 2015
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Title
Development and feasibility study of very brief interventions for physical activity in primary care
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BMC Public Health, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1703-8
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Sally Pears, Katie Morton, Maaike Bijker, Stephen Sutton, Wendy Hardeman, on behalf of the VBI Programme Team

Abstract

There is increasing interest in brief and very brief behaviour change interventions for physical activity as they are potentially scalable to the population level. However, few very brief interventions (VBIs) have been published, and evidence is lacking about their feasibility, acceptability and which 'active ingredients' (behaviour change techniques) would maximise their effectiveness. The aim of this research was to identify and develop promising VBIs for physical activity and test their feasibility and acceptability in the context of preventive health checks in primary care. The process included two stages, guided by four criteria: effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, and cost. In Stage 1, we used an iterative approach informed by systematic reviews, a scoping review of BCTs, team discussion, stakeholder consultation, a qualitative study, and cost estimation to guide the development of promising VBIs. In Stage 2, a feasibility study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of the short-listed VBIs, using tape-recordings and interviews with practitioners (n = 4) and patients (n = 68), to decide which VBIs merited further evaluation in a pilot trial. Four VBIs were short-listed: Motivational intervention; Action Planning intervention; Pedometer intervention; and Physical Activity Diary intervention. All were deliverable in around five minutes and were feasible and acceptable to participants and practitioners. Based on the results of interviews with practitioners and patients, techniques from the VBIs were combined into three new VBIs for further evaluation in a pilot trial. Using a two-stage approach, in which we considered the practicability of VBIs (acceptability, feasibility and cost) alongside potential efficacy from the outset, we developed a short-list of four promising VBIs for physical activity and demonstrated that they were acceptable and feasible as part of a preventive health check in primary care. Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN02863077 . Registered 5 October 2012.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Indonesia 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Unknown 143 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 42 29%
Researcher 20 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 12%
Student > Bachelor 12 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 4%
Other 15 10%
Unknown 33 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 37 26%
Medicine and Dentistry 26 18%
Psychology 23 16%
Social Sciences 7 5%
Sports and Recreations 6 4%
Other 10 7%
Unknown 36 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 September 2023.
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#4,194,436
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#4,765
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#49,817
of 271,642 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#77
of 264 outputs
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