Effect of a pedometer-based walking challenge on increasing physical activity levels amongst hospital workers

Effect of a pedometer-based walking challenge on increasing physical activity levels amongst hospital workers

Abstract Background More than 50% of Qatari adults are physically inactive. The workplace is an excellent environment to implement cost-effective, efficient behavioural physical activity (PA) interventions to increase PA. This study evaluated whether a pedometer-based walking challenge would increas...

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Main Authors: Abdulla S. Al-Mohannadi, Suzan Sayegh, Izzeldin Ibrahim, Ahmad Salman, Abdulaziz Farooq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
Subjects:
Health promotion
Workplace
Physical activity
Step count
Hospital staff
Quality of life
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13690-019-0368-7

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