Research Article

The Effects of Physical Activity Feedback on Behavior and Awareness in Employees: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

CharacteristicsTotal ( )Act ( )DO ( )MIG ( )PG ( )DG ( )CoachG ( )

Age (years)41.0 (10.7)38.2 (10.0)42.4 (16.3)40.6 (11.1) 43.3 (10.7) 43.9 (10.3) 40.8 (9.8)
43.0 (10.4)38.3 (10.2)59.0 (—)44.8 (9.9) 45.6 (10.5) 46.0 (10.7) 42.0 (8.9)
39.4 (10.6)38.1 (10.0)39.7 (16)37.4 (11.1) 41.3 (10.7) 42.1 (9.8) 39.7 (10.5)
Weight (kg)77.2 (15.7)69.3 (14.6)71.6 (12.0)78.0 (13.4) 79.8 (15.7) 81.0 (14.6) 82.5 (17.1)
87.5 (13.3)80.4 (12.2)95.3 (—)86.4 (11.9) 91.4 (10.8) 88.2 (13.4) 94.2 (14.6)
68.7 (12.1)59.2 (7.5)67.7 (6.4)71.2 (10.5) 70.1 (12.2) 74.9 (12.8) 72.8 (12.3)
Height (cm)171.3 (9.3)170.5 (7.7)163.9 (11.3)171.8 (9.7)172.5 (10.7) 171.4 (8.2)171.9 (9.4)
178.7 (6.6)175.9 (5.4)175.9 (—)178.6 (8.2) 181.6 (7.1) 178.4 (6.5) 179.9 (4.7)
165.2 (6.3)165.6 (6.0)161.9 (10.9)166.4 (7.0) 164.8 (6.4) 165.6 (3.9) 165.2 (6.6)
BMI (kg/m²)26.2 (4.2)23.7 (3.7)26.6 (2.9)26.3 (3.3) 26.7 (4.2) 27.5 (3.9) 27.8 (4.4)
27.4 (3.7)26.0 (3.6)30.8 (—)27.0 (3.0) 27.7 (3.0) 27.6 (3.3) 29.1 (4.5)
25.2 (4.3)21.6 (2.4)25.9 (2.4)25.7 (3.4) 25.9 (4.9) 27.3 (4.4) 26.7 (4.1)
WC (cm)84.8 (12.4)78.9 (12.0)83.5 (9.7)85.7 (10.5)86.5 (12.5) 88.0 (11.2) 88.4 (13.6)
92.6 (10.4)88.0 (9.9)103.5 (—)91.2 (9.3) 94.6 (9.0) 93.8 (10.3) 97.4 (11.4)
78.5 (10.1)70.6 (6.4)80.1 (4.2)81.3 (9.4) 79.8 (10.9) 83.1 (9.6) 80.9 (10.4)
HC (cm)103.4 (8.0)98.4 (6.7)105.2 (4.9)103.2 (6.6) 105.0 (8.0) 106.2 (9.1) 106.2 (7.4)
104.9 (6.9)102.1 (5.9)110.7 (—)103.3 (7.0) 106.5 (5.8) 105.6 (8.1) 108.0 (6.4)
102.2 (8.7)95.0 (5.4)104.3 (4.6)103.2 (6.5) 103.8 (9.3) 106.7 (9.9) 104.6 (8.0)
Waist-hip ratio0.82 (0.08)0.80 (0.08)0.79 (0.08)0.83 (0.08) 0.82 (0.09) 0.83 (0.08) 0.83 (0.09)
0.88 (0.07)0.86 (0.07)0.93 (—)0.88 (0.06) 0.89 (0.06) 0.89 (0.07) 0.90 (0.07)
0.77 (0.06)0.74 (0.04)0.77 (0.05)0.79 (0.06) 0.77 (0.06) 0.78 (0.05) 0.77 (0.07)
SBD (mmHg)122 (16)119 (14)112 (15)122 (16) 127 (17)125 (17)121 (15)
130 (14)126 (12)144 (—)128 (15)136 (13)130 (14)129 (14)
116 (15)112 (12)107 (7)117 (16)119 (17)122 (18)113 (11)
DBD (mmHg)80 (10)78 (9)72 (12)82 (10)83 (11)83 (11)78 (9)
83 (10)81 (8)99 (—)83 (10)87 (11)85 (10)81 (9)
78 (10)74 (9)68 (5)81 (11)80 (10)82 (11)76 (7)
HR (bpm)71 (11)68 (11)77 (11)72 (12) 72 (11) 71 (12) 71 (9)
70 (11)68 (12)71 (—)71 (13)69 (10)69 (11)72 (10)
72 (11)68 (11)78 (12)73 (11)75 (10)73 (12)69 (9)
% Body fat 27.6 (6.8)22.9 (5.5)32.6 (4.6)28.4 (6.6) 29.3 (6.6) 29.6 (6.9) 29.3 (5.8)
24.6 (5.9)21.6 (6.1)31.5 (—)24.7 (6.1) 25.9 (5.1) 25.3 (5.2) 26.9 (5.0)
30.1 (6.5)24.0 (4.8)32.8 (5.0)31.6 (5.3) 32.1 (6.4) 33.3 (6.0) 31.2 (5.8)
bPAL (MET) ( )1.55 (0.26)1.88 (0.18)1.51 (0.16)1.46 (0.15) 1.39 (0.16) 1.47 (0.16) 1.41 (0.17)
1.55 (0.25)1.87 (0.17)1.19 (—)1.44 (0.14) 1.38 (0.13) 1.49 (0.12) 1.41 (0.16)
1.55 (0.26)1.89 (0.19)1.56 (0.08)1.47 (0.15) 1.40 (0.18) 1.45 (0.19) 1.40 (0.18)

Abbreviations: Act: participants with bPAL ≥ 1.71 MET; DO: drop out from study; MIG: minimal intervention group; PG: pedometer group; DG: display group; CoachG: coaching group; WC: waist circumference; HC: Hip circumference; SBD: systolic blood pressure; DBD: diastolic blood pressure; HR: mean heart rate; bPAL: physical activity level at baseline; MET: metabolic equivalent.