Variables | Pre-intervention (T0) | During intervention (T6 or T8) | Weekly (T1-T10) | Post-intervention (T11) | Follow-up at 3 and 6 months (T12–13) | |
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Primary outcomes | − Burnout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓a | |
− Vigor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓a | ||
Secondary outcomes | − Job satisfaction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓a | ||
− Work motivation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓a | |||
− Work performance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓a | |||
− Work ability | ✓ | ✓ | ✓a | |||
Psychological and physiological mediators | − Off-job recovery activities | ✓ | ✓ | |||
− Psychological detachment | ✓ | ✓a | ✓ | |||
− Relaxation | ✓ | ✓a | ✓ | |||
− Control | ✓ | ✓a | ✓ | |||
− Mastery | ✓ | ✓a | ✓ | |||
− Relatedness | ✓ | ✓a | ✓ | |||
− Positive Affects | ✓a | |||||
− Cardiorespiratory Fitness | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Moderator variable | − Compliance to activity sessions | ✓a | ||||
Control variables | − Job characteristics | ✓ | ✓(T6) | ✓b | ✓ | |
− Needs satisfaction at work | ✓ | ✓(T6) | ✓ | ✓ | ||
− Workload at work | ✓ | |||||
Manipulation check | − Instructors observed motivating style | ✓(T8) | ||||
− participants’ perception of the instructor’s motivating style | ✓(T8) | |||||
− Objective effort during sessions | ✓(T6) | |||||
− Perceived effort during sessions | ✓a |