- Title
- mHealth to Support Outdoor Gym Resistance Training: The ecofit Effectiveness RCT
- Creator
- Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Jansson, Anna K.; Duncan, Mitch J.; Smith, Jordan J.; Bauman, Adrian; Attia, John; Lubans, David R.
- Relation
- NHMRC.1134914 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1134914 & 1141606 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1141606 & 1154507
- Relation
- American Journal of Preventative Medicine Vol. 64, Issue 6, p. 853-864
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.01.031
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Introduction: In Australia, 45% of adults meet the aerobic recommendations, and only 9%−30% meet the resistance training guidelines. Given the lack of at-scale community-based interventions promoting resistance training, the aim of this study was to assess the impact of an innovative mHealth intervention on upper- and lower-body muscular fitness, cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity, and social-cognitive mediators among a sample of community-dwelling adults. Study design: Researchers evaluated the community-based ecofit intervention using a cluster RCT from September 2019 to March 2022 in 2 regional municipalities of New South Wales, Australia. Setting/participants: Researchers recruited a sample of 245 participants (72% female, aged 53.4±13.9 years) who were randomized to the ecofit intervention group (n=122) or waitlist control (n=123) group. Intervention: The intervention group received access to a smartphone application with standardized workouts tailored to 12 outdoor gym locations and an introductory session. Participants were encouraged to perform at least 2 ecofit workouts per week. Main outcome measures: Primary and secondary outcomes were assessed at baseline, 3 months, and 9 months. The coprimary muscular fitness outcomes were evaluated using the 90-degree push-up and the 60-second sit-to-stand test. Intervention effects were estimated using linear mixed models accounting for group-level clustering (participants could enroll in groups of up to 4). Statistical analysis was conducted in April 2022. Results: Statistically significant improvements were observed in upper (1.4 repetitions, 95% CI=0.3, 2.6, p=0.018) and lower (2.6 repetitions, 95% CI=0.4, 4.8, p=0.020) body muscular fitness at 9 months but not at 3 months. Increases in self-reported resistance training, resistance training self-efficacy, and implementation intention for resistance training were statistically significant at 3 and 9 months. Conclusions: This study has shown that a mHealth intervention promoting resistance training using the built environment can improve muscular fitness, physical activity behavior, and related cognitions in a community sample of adults. Trial registration: This trial was preregistered with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry (ACTRN12619000868189).
- Subject
- physical activity; resistance training; randomized controlled trial; mHealth intervention
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1484522
- Identifier
- uon:51360
- Identifier
- ISSN:0749-3797
- Language
- eng
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