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Keep on running – a randomized controlled trial to test a digital evidence-based intervention for sustained adoption of recreational running: rationale, design and pilot feasibility study
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Background: This paper describes the rationale, intervention
development, study design and results from the pilot feasibility
study of the Keep On Running (KOR) trial. KOR aims to test a
web-based brief theory-based intervention, targeting
maintenance of recreational running behavior over time (i.e.
relapse preventing).
Methods: Intervention development was based both on Self-
Determination Theory and on Self-Regulation Theory. As part of
it, a pilot study was implemented (n=18) to measure intervention
adherence and participant satisfaction in order to establish the
feasibility and acceptability of the intervention toolkit.
Furthermore, this pilot study was also used to test the feasibility
and acceptability of the questionnaires selected to be part of the
later RCT.
Results: Pilot intervention acceptability was good, but overall
adherence was low. Features such as feedback and social sharing
should be added to the toolkit. The main trial should lessen
questionnaire length and include data from usual monitoring
gadgets and apps (APIs). The protocol of the RCT was adjusted to
test the efficacy of the refined final version of the intervention,
and the RCT that will test it, contributing to the understanding of
recreational running sustainability, allowing the optimization of
future interventions aimed at physical activity promotion.
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Keywords
Sports and exercise Motivation Self-regulation Behavior Web-based
Citation
Hugo V. Pereiraa,b, Pedro J. Teixeiraa, Marta M. Marquesc, Eliana V. Carraçab, Marlene N. Silvab, Jorge Encantadoa,d, Inês Santosb,e and António L. Palmeirab
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Ltd.