Stage of Change and Motivation to a Healthier Lifestyle before and after an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention

Table 4

Paired Student’s -test Δ score of stage of change and motivational habitual physical activity and healthy nutrition. Data are presented as mean ± SD. Actual score changes are reported.

	Δ score PA	Δ score NUTR		p	Cohen’s d
Stages of the change
Precontemplation	6.17 ± 21.86	5.08 ± 25.89	0.36	0.722	n.s.
Contemplation	8.92 ± 24.71	14.67 ± 26.91	−1.64	0.105	n.s.
Determination	0.42 ± 17.66	3.50 ± 18.39	−1.19	0.237	n.s.
Action	−24.42 ± 35.20	−17.17 ± 29.25	−1.82	0.071	n.s.
Maintenance	−25.25 ± 28.16	−20.83 ± 29.74	−1.22	0.223	n.s.
Motivational components					n.s.
Discrepancy	19.28 ± 28.89	16.63 ± 25.82	0.68	0.500	n.s.
Importance	−2.87 ± 11.92	−0.93 ± 11.24	−1.22	0.225	n.s.
Self-Efficacy	−5.46 ± 24.56	−3.48 ± 16.94	−0.88	0.379	n.s.
Temptation	5.59 ± 24.56	11.54 ± 23.35	−1.80	0.075	n.s.
Readiness to Change	−2.82 ± 22.60	2.82 ± 20.72	−1.87	0.064	n.s.
Stabilization of Change	−11.71 ± 31.20	−2.90 ± 29.87	−2.19	0.031	0.29

Statistical significance was considered at .