Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a single-arm, remotely-delivered health coaching intervention to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior during pregnancy

Table 5 Changes in activPAL physical activity and sedentary time among INSPiRE participants from baseline to follow-up (N = 34)

activPAL assessments	Baseline 8-12 Weeks Gestation	End of Intensive Intervention 22-28 Weeks Gestation	Change from Baseline to End of Intensive Intervention	Cohen’s d	P-value
Physical activity
Steps/day	5654.3 ± 1823.3	7370.1 ± 1708.9	1715.8 ± 1770.7	0.971	< 0.001
Stepping, %	8.7 ± 2.8	10.6 ± 2.3	1.9 ± 2.3	0.746	< 0.001
Standing, %	23.4 ± 8.9	25.8 ± 7.1	2.3 ± 6.3	0.288	0.041
Sedentary time
Total, %	67.8 ± 10.9	63.6 ± 8.4	−4.2 ± 8.0	0.434	0.004
30 min bouts, %	38.6 ± 13.1	34.5 ± 9.8	−4.1 ± 10.3	0.356	0.026
60 min bouts, %	20.1 ± 11.4	16.2 ± 7.5	−3.9 ± 12.0	0.402	0.069
Wear time
Total waking wear min/day	869.4 ± 53.8	894.0 ± 35.4	24.7 ± 43.6	–	0.002
Total wear days	6.7 ± 0.7	6.7 ± 0.9	0.0 ± 1.2	–	0.884

Data presented as mean ± SD. Percentages reflect the proportion of total waking wear time
P-value calculated using paired t-tests

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