Table 2 Delivery and contents of the 6-month intervention visits for participants randomized to the intervention arms: Dietary Intervention (DI); Physical Activity Intervention (PAI); Physical Activity; and Dietary Intervention (PADI)
| Â | Contact 1 | Contact 2 | Contact 3 | Contact 4 | Contact 5 | Contact 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contact | Face-to-face | Telephone | Group meeting | Face-to-face | Telephone | Face-to-face |
Time line | 1 month (following baseline assessment) | 2 months | 3 months | 4 months | 5 months | 6 months |
Duration | 30 min | 15 min | 90 min | 30 min | 15 min | 30 min |
Who delivers | Dietician and/or physiotherapist | Dietician and/or physiotherapist | Psychologist, dietician and physiotherapist | Dietician and/or physiotherapist | Dietician and/or physiotherapist | Dietician and/or physiotherapist |
Social support | - | - | Invited friend/partner/family member | - | - | - |
Motivational approaches | 1/2 week diet/activity diaries assessment | Identify perceived diet/activity challenges | Coping and provide opportunities to learn from each other | 1/2 week diet/activity diaries assessment | Identify perceived diet/activity challenges | 1/2 week diet/activity diaries assessment |
Identify perceived diet/activity challenges | Provide feedback and encouragement | Review and discuss members’ goal evaluations | Identify perceived diet/activity challenges | Provide feedback and encouragement | Identify perceived diet/activity challenges | |
Identify motivations, confidence, ambivalence regarding lifestyle change | Revaluate motivations, confidence, ambivalence regarding lifestyle change | Evaluate and discuss members’ motivation to change | Provide feedback and encouragement Revaluate motivations, confidence, ambivalence regarding lifestyle change | Revaluate motivations, confidence, ambivalence regarding life style change | Provide feedback and encouragement Revaluate motivations, confidence, ambivalence regarding lifestyle change | |
Informing change | Healthy eating and activity principles Portion size | Discuss experience of changing diet and activity referring back to perceived challenges at previous visit. | Provide general advice for psychological well-being and health promotion | Discuss experience of changing diet and activity referring back to perceived challenges at previous visit. | Discuss experience of changing diet and activity referring back to perceived challenges at previous visit. | Discuss experience of changing diet and activity referring back to perceived challenges at previous visit. |
Energy-dense food and drinks Activity and inactivity | Check for queries or areas of confusion or elaboration | Check for queries or areas of confusion or elaboration | Check for queries or areas of confusion or elaboration | Check for queries or areas of confusion or elaboration | ||
Discuss pedometer data | Discuss pedometer data | Discuss pedometer data | Discuss pedometer data | Discuss pedometer data | ||
Personal goals | Setting diet or activity personal goals | Discuss self-monitoring of personal goals | - | Discuss self-monitoring of personal goals | Discuss self-monitoring of personal goals | Discuss self-monitoring of personal goals |
Provide positive feedback | Provide positive feedback | Provide positive feedback | Provide positive feedback | |||
Identify new personal goals or redefine old ones | Identify new personal goals or redefine old ones | Identify new personal goals or redefine old ones | Negotiate key long-term diet and activity goals based on: perceived achievements | |||
Summarize success | ||||||
| Â | Identify next appointment | Confirm group meeting | Identify date for next appointment | Identify date for motivation call | Identify last appointment | Identify date for motivation call |