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Table 1 Overview of measures

From: “läuft.” - a school-based multi-component program to establish a physically active lifestyle in adolescence: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Measurement methodology

Outcome

Medical testing

Body weight and height (BMI percentiles)

Body composition (fat mass)

Waist circumference [35]

Blood pressure

Resting heart rate

Heart rate after stress

Recovery heart rate

Physical testing

Cardiovascular fitness [36]

Questionnaire

Socio-demographic characteristics

Age

Gender

Migration background

Socio-economic status [37]

Lifestyle Behavior

Physical activity* [3840]

Sedentary behavior [40]

Use of tobacco [41]

Use of alcohol [42, 43]

Food pattern [44]

Psychological constructs

General self-efficacy [45]

Self-efficacy towards physical exercise [46]

Self-concept for general physical capacity and physical attractiveness [47, 48]

Enjoyment of physical activity [49]

Enjoyment of sedentary behavior [49]

Sensation seeking [50]

Physical well-being [51]

Psychological well-being [51]

Depression [52]

Intention for physical activity [53]

Social factors

Parental support for physical activity [25]

Friends physical activity*

Normative expectations*

Environmental situation to be physical active*

Qualitative methods

Activating-strategies (group discussion, document analysis)

Interactive processes (group discussion)

  1. *self-constructed items.