How Does Counselling in a Stationary Health Care Setting Affect the Attendance in a Standardised Sports Club Programme? Process Evaluation of a Quasi-Experimental Study

Sylvia Titze, Christian Lackinger, Lena Grossschaedl, Albert Strehn, Thomas E. Dorner, Josef Niebauer and Wolfgang Schebesch-Ruf
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Sylvia Titze: Institute of Sport Science, University of Graz, Mozartgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
Christian Lackinger: Department of Health Promotion and Prevention, SPORTUNION Österreich, Falkestrasse 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Lena Grossschaedl: Social Insurance Authority for Business, Regional Office Styria, Körblergasse 115, 8010 Graz, Austria
Albert Strehn: Competence Center Health Promotion, Social Insurance Authority for Business, Osterwiese 2, 7000 Eisenstadt, Austria
Thomas E. Dorner: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15/1, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Josef Niebauer: Institute of Sports Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation and Research Institute of Molecular Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Lindhofstrasse 20, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Wolfgang Schebesch-Ruf: Institute of Sport Science, University of Graz, Mozartgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Actions in partnership across sectors is one principle for the promotion of health behaviours. The objective of this study was to describe the participation in a sports club-based exercise programme—named JACKPOT—following an intervention in a health care setting. Focus was given to the recruitment into JACKPOT, the attendance level, and whether the different programme elements were implemented as intented. The practicability of the project was also retrospectively rated. Participants were 238 inactive people (50% women) between 30 and 65 years of age who attended a health resort. Of these, 77% were assigned to the intervention group (IG). The recruitment into the 12 JACKPOT sessions and the attendance levels were recorded via attendance lists. The implementation of the intervention standards was assessed with structured interviews and participatory observation. The Pragmatic Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary (PRECIS)-2 tool served to rate the practicability of the project. Almost 50% of the IG subjects attended JACKPOT sessions at least once and 54% of the attenders visited ≥75% of the 12 sessions. Some of the programme elements were not delivered fully. The process evaluation results showed that the project worked in a real-world setting, and also uncovered potential reasons such as incomplete information delivery for the moderate recruitment and attendance level.

Keywords: adults; attendance; health care setting; sports club; PRECIS-2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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