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Table 3 Measures taken at Time 1 and Time 2 and outcomes assessed

From: Comparing motivational, self-regulatory and habitual processes in a computer-tailored physical activity intervention in hospital employees - protocol for the PATHS randomised controlled trial

Measurement tool

Reference

Number of items

Outcome

  

Time 1

Time 2

 
  

(baseline)

(3 months)

 

Survey measures

 Confirmation of eligibility to participate in the study

N/A

8

-

Eligibility

 Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)

[45]

8

-

Readiness to undertake PA

 Demographics

Commonly used items

14

6

Age, sex, marital status, ethnicity, education, weight, height, house income, postcode

 International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short version)

[68, 69]

7

7

Physical Activity

 Job-related physical activity

From: International Physical Activity Questionnaire (long version) [68]

8

8

Job-related physical activity

 The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

[70]

9

9

Sleep

 Theory-relevant determinants of physical activity

Individual items taken from different questionnaires

30

30

Motivation, attitudes towards regular physical activity, outcome expectations, perceived behavioural control, subjective norms, intentions, barriers self-efficacy, action planning and coping planning, self-efficacy, goal facilitation and goal conflict

 Self-report behavioural automaticity index

[77]

8

8

Behaviour automaticity

 Personal Need for Structure Scale

[78]

12

-

Personal Need for Structure

 Physical activity intentions

[72]

3

3

Physical Activity Intentions

 Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 (DASS 21)

[79]

21

21

Depression, Anxiety, Stress

 SF 12

[80]

12

12

Quality of life

 Physical Activity Neighbourhood Environment Survey (PANES)

[81]

17

-

Perceptions of the environment in relation to PA

 Internet use and access to the intervention

Items developed for this study

-

4

Internet use and access to the intervention

 Internet self-efficacy scale

[83]

9

-

Internet self-efficacy

 SUS and satisfaction

[82]

-

16

SUS and satisfaction

 Physical advice acceptability

[66]

-

15

Physical advice acceptability

 Delivery mode usability

[66]

-

5

Delivery mode usability

 Usefulness questions

[66]

-

5

Intervention usefulness

 Format-related questions

[66]

-

9

Format

 Total items

 

158

158

 

 Outcome measures and moderators

 Physical activity objectively measured with GENEActiv

[47, 67]

✓

✓

Objectively measured physical activity

 Sleep objectively measured with GENEActiv

[47]

Optional

Optional

Objectively measured sleep

 Planning skill task

[90]

✓

-

Planning skills/ability