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The objective of this study was to compare the effects of a mailed “no-contact” self-help walking program, with and without a pedometer, with a “no-treatment” control group, on walking behaviour in a sample of inactive healthy adults aged thirty to sixty five years living in urban or rural regions of New South Wales, Australia. Methods: Experimental design, randomized control trial. Results: The results from this intervention indicate that participants in the walking program with a pedometer (WPP) group were significantly more likely to meet the regular leisure-time physical activity criterion (undertaking >= hundred and fifty(150) minutes and >= five(5) sessions per week of physical activity) compared to the participants in the control group. Implications: This study is the first to test the efficacy of pedometers in promoting walking when distributed without face-to-face contact or support. this study indicates that a higher proportion of inactive motivated adults would adopt a more active lifestyle if they received a pedometer in combination with theoretically based self-help materials.
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