Physical activity screening to recruit inactive randomized controlled trial participants: How much is too much?

Vandelanotte, Corneel, Stanton, Robert, Rebar, Amanda L., Van Itallie, Anetta K., Caperchione, Cristina M., Duncan, Mitch J., Savage, Trevor N., Rosenkranz, Richard R., and Kolt, Gregory S. (2015) Physical activity screening to recruit inactive randomized controlled trial participants: How much is too much? Trials, 16. 446.

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Abstract

Screening physical activity levels is common in trials to increase physical activity in inactive populations. Commonly applied single-item screening tools might not always be effective in identifying those who are inactive. We applied the more extensive Active Australia Survey to identify inactive people among those who had initially been misclassified as too active using a single-item measure. Those enrolled after the Active Australia Survey screening had significantly higher physical activity levels at subsequent baseline assessment. Thus, more extensive screening measures might result in the inclusion of participants who would otherwise be excluded, possibly introducing unwanted bias.

Item ID: 62165
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1745-6215
Keywords: Measurement, Physical activity, Randomized controlled trial, Recruitment, Screening, Single-item, Study design, Study protocol
Copyright Information: © 2015 Vandelanotte et al. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
Funders: National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC).
Projects and Grants: NHMRC 589903
Date Deposited: 19 Apr 2024 01:19
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111712 Health Promotion @ 100%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920401 Behaviour and Health @ 100%
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