Promoting Sustainable Physical Activity Among Iranian Middle-Aged Women: An Interventional Study

Shariati, Mohammad; Astaneh, Houra Pourrajabali; Khedmat, Leila; Khatami, Farnaz

doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-39648/v1

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“…Approximately half of these articles (k = 13) provided very brief descriptions that "goal setting" served as a topic of discussion during group sessions (Carels et al, 2004;Fitzgibbon et al, 2005;Gaston et al, 2007;Scarinci et al, 2014), individual consultations with study personnel (Anderson et al, 2006;Wilbur et al, 2008;Hayashi et al, 2010;Long et al, 2013;Koniak-Griffin et al, 2015;Low et al, 2015), or via print or web-based study materials (Ortí and Donaghy, 2004;Napolitano et al, 2006;Sharpe et al, 2010), but did not provide specifics on the nature of goal-setting discussions or materials. In contrast, 12 articles provided more specific details on how goal setting was incorporated (Peterson et al, 2005;Costanzo et al, 2006;Keyserling et al, 2008;Samuel-Hodge et al, 2009Agomo et al, 2015;Butryn et al, 2016;Wilbur et al, 2016Wilbur et al, , 2017McGuire et al, 2019;Nazari et al, 2020;Shariati et al, 2021), and there was considerable variability in how goal setting was implemented across these articles.…”

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A scoping review of behavior change techniques used to promote physical activity among women in midlife

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Women in midlife experience health risks that could be mitigated by regular physical activity and reduced sedentary time, but this population rarely achieves physical activity levels that would protect their health. As a result, many behavioral interventions are designed to promote physical activity in this population, which are purportedly guided by theoretical models of health behavior (change) and activate an associated set of behavior change techniques (BCTs). The efficacy and effectiveness of these interventions appear to be limited, however, raising questions about their design and adaptation for women in midlife. Several aspects of these interventions are currently unclear. Specifically, which women they target (i.e., how “midlife” and “sedentary” or “inactive” are defined), which theoretical models or behavior BCTs are used, and how BCTs are activated in such interventions. A synthesis of this information would be useful as an initial step toward improving physical activity interventions for this at-risk group, and thus, represented the goal of the present scoping review. Eligibility required publication in a peer-reviewed journal in English between 2000 and 2021, inclusion of only women in midlife who did not have any medical or other restrictions on their physical activity (e.g., cancer diagnosis), and free-living physical activity or sedentary behavior as the target outcome (with associated assessment). Of the 4,410 initial results, 51 articles met inclusion criteria, and these described 36 unique interventions. More than half of the articles (59%) named an underlying theoretical model and interventions included an average of 3.76 identifiable BCTs (range 1–11). However, descriptions of many interventions were limited and did not provide enough detail to determine whether or how specific BCTs were activated. Interventions also used a wide range of inclusion criteria for age range and starting activity level, which has implications for targeting/tailoring and effectiveness, and many interventions focused on marginalized populations (e.g., women from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds, those un- or under-insured). The present review identifies some strengths and highlights important limitations of existing literature, as well as key opportunities for advancing the design and potential utility of physical activity interventions for women in midlife.Systematic review registrationhttps://osf.io/g8tuc.

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