Table 2 Attitudes, barriers and behaviour change scores before and after the TGC-V campaign in the low-active cohort (n = 818)
Scores | Analysis confined to those low/inactive at baseline (n = 818) | Effect size (d) Ψ | |
|---|---|---|---|
Physical activity measures | Means (sd) | ||
Number of reported days/ week of 30 min (mean, sd) (physical activity single item) ∑ | Baseline B1 Baseline B2 Post campaign | 1.67 (1.38) 2.05 (1.79)** 1.86 (1.77)** | 0.24 0.12 |
Reported any exercise in the past week (%) | B1% B2% Post % 54.8 55.6 56.1 | ||
Stage of change measure | Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action/maintenance | B1% B2% Post% 19.2 18.5 22.3 17.5 14.9 16.4 9.4 10.2 8.9 53.9 56.4 52.3 | |
Measures of feeling judged | |||
Feel judged as a barrier to sport and exercise participation (3 items) (lower score = less judged) | Baseline B1 Baseline B2 Post campaign | 13.86 (8.06) 13.43 (7.89)** 12.66 (8.14) ** | 0.05 0.15 |
Feeling judged causing worry: 3 items, increased score is more worried | Baseline B1 Baseline B2 Post campaign | 9.95 (7.78) 9.81 (7.61) 9.52 (7.63) | 0.02 0.06 |
Single item ‘how worried about feeling judged in exercise/sport’: rated 1–10, increased score more judged | Baseline B1 Baseline B2 Post campaign | 4.26 (3.08) 4.11 (3.09) 4.01 (3.00)** | 0.05 0.08 |
Other psychosocial measures | |||
Exercise relevance score 7 items; higher score is increased relevance | Baseline B1 Baseline B2 Post campaign | Mean (sd) 49.61 (10.89) 49.46 (12.01) 50.08 (11.03) | 0.01 0.04 |
Theory planned behaviour score: 6 items, higher score is increased positive attitude to exercise | Baseline B1 Baseline B2 Post campaign | 37.92 (13.77) 38.06 (14.29) 38.58 (13.88) | 0.001 0.05 |
Self-determination theory score: 4 items, higher score is more self determination | Baseline B1 Baseline B2 Post campaign | 13.49 (3.82) 13.58 (3.92) 13.73 (3.80)* | 0.02 0.06 |
Physical activity efficacy score: 3 items, higher score is greater situation specific confidence | Baseline B1 Baseline B2 Post campaign | 16.51 (7.77) 16.30 (8.03) 16.22 (7.99) | 0.03 0.05 |
Embarrassed score: 7 items ( decreased score is less embarrassment) | Baseline B1 Baseline B2 Post campaign | 30.91 (16.18) 29.45 (16.32) 28.97 (16.32) * | 0.09 0.12 |