Table 5 Data collected in OPTIMISE Your Health intervention participants for process evaluation

Health coaching: participation and selections

Danger zones for sitting

Sessions 1 & 7

Strategies to sit less at work selected by participant (select any number of 12 listed + 2 ‘other’)

Sessions 1–10

Strategies to sit move more at work selected by participant (select any number 17 listed + 2 ‘other’)

Sessions 1–10

Strategies to sit less across the day selected by participant (select any number 12 listed + 2 ‘other’

Sessions 1–10

Strategies to move across the day selected / continued (select any number 8 listed + 2 ‘other’)

Sessions 1–10

Goal setting - smart goals (sit less across the day, sit less at work, move more at work, move more across the day)

Sessions 1–10

Stand more at desk goal

Sessions 1–10

Active breaks goal (encouraged 1 break per hour)

Sessions 1–10

Daily steps goal

Sessions 1–10

Readiness level (1–10) to change sitting and moving habits

Sessions 1 & 7

Anticipated barriers to goal achievement

Sessions 1–10

General review of strategies / goals (open text) including barriers, ease/difficulty & modifications

Sessions 2–10

Number of coaching sessions completed (0–2 face to face; 0–8 telephone)

Sessions 1–10

OPTIMISE-extended health coaching: participation and selections

Two danger zones for sitting (1 & 2) selected by coach from 3 listed + other^a

Tailoring session 1 & 2

One strategy to sit less per danger zone selected by coach from 32 listed + other^a

Tailoring session 1 & 2

Two strategies to move more (1 & 2) selected by coach from 17 listed and other^a

Tailoring session 1 & 2

Active breaks goal set by participant (n active breaks/ day, 1–24)

Session 10 & Tailoring 2

Daily steps goal set by participant (n steps / day, 5000–20,000)

Session 10 & Tailoring 2

Number of texts sent (total, by week, by type), number of text messages replied to by participants (total, by week), content of participant replies.

propelo

Fitbit (Fitabase)

Usage (wear days, non-wear days)

Continuous from Session 1 to end of study

Physical activity / sedentary behaviour (step counts, estimated energy expenditure, time spent in LPA, MPA, VPA, inctive behaviour), physical activity events autodetected & logged (e.g., ‘weights’, ‘walk’)

Heart rate

Sleep & sleep quality (Total sleep time duration, duration of each sleep stage, sleep onset latency, sleep efficiency, number and duration of wakes after sleep onset, restlessness count and durations)

Intervention fidelity

Health coaching participation (n sessions completed)

Sessions 1–10

Extended care participation (n text messages received)

Propelo

Fitbit usage (% of days in intervention wore Fitbit)

Fitbit

Sit-stand workstation in standing postion (not used / some days / most days / every day)

OPTIMISE survey 6 M & 12 M

COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on abilty to participate in OPTIMISE program (0–10); 1 item

OPTIMISE survey 6 M, 12 M & 18 M

Intervention satisfaction

Overall satisfaction (1–10) with the OPTIMISE intervention / the text message health coaching: satisfaction level, whether would recommend, usefulness (3 items)

OPTIMISE survey 6 M & 12 M

Rating of each intervention element (1–10) over last 6 months: coaching (4 items; 6 M); text message coaching (4 items; 12 M); feedback (7 items); sit-stand workstation (10 items); Fitbit (10 items); goal setting (4 items).

OPTIMISE survey 6 M & 12 M

Appropriateness of text message frequency, from 1 (nowhere near enough) to 10 (far too many) with 5 = the right amount (1 item)

OPTIMISE survey 12 M

Likes & suggestions for improvement (open text) re: the OPTIMISE intervention / the text message health coaching

OPTIMISE survey 6 M & 12 M

Usefulness (1–10) over the last 6 months for behavior change, for sitting less and for moving more of the intervention elements: face to face coaching (6 M); telephone coaching (6 M); text message coaching (12 M); monitoring steps/sitting via coach feedback; goal setting; sit-stand workstation; Fitbit.

OPTIMISE survey 6 M & 12 M