10,000 Steps a Day to Decrease Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Increase Aerobic Physical Activity Levels Among Capital Regional District Office Workers in Victoria, BC.

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dc.contributor.authorDelaney, Kara
dc.contributor.supervisorStuart-Hill, Lynneth A.
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-30T21:32:08Z
dc.date.available2013-04-30T21:32:08Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-04-30
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Educationen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe mixed method design examined the impact of a 6-week pedometer based 10,000 moderate-vigorous steps a day employee workplace wellness challenge on aerobic fitness, chronic disease markers, and self-reported physical activity. The study used prompts to both educate and facilitate the intervention. Pre and post-test data analyzed self-report physical activity and sedentary time, sub max aerobic walking levels, and anthropometric measures. Participants logged their step count across the intervention and were challenged to increase their steps throughout. Participants were on average unable to achieve the goal step count and thus no statistically significance was found between pre-post tests. Qualitatively, three themes emerged from discussions with participants about their experiences: awareness of physical activity (PA) levels, demands of both work and family, and the frequency and content of the information given as prompts. The combination of prompts and the pedometer created an awareness of PA levels among participants but failed to fully motivate them to hit their target step count.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0354en_US
dc.description.proquestemailkaradelaney_04@hotmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4574
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectWorkplaceen_US
dc.subjectWellnessen_US
dc.subjectphysical activityen_US
dc.subjecthealthen_US
dc.subjectpedometeren_US
dc.subjectoffice workeren_US
dc.subjectaerobicen_US
dc.subjectphysiologyen_US
dc.subjecthealth promotionen_US
dc.title10,000 Steps a Day to Decrease Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Increase Aerobic Physical Activity Levels Among Capital Regional District Office Workers in Victoria, BC.en_US
dc.title.alternativeTen thousand Steps a Day to Decrease Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Increase Aerobic Physical Activity Levels Among Capital Regional District Office Workers in Victoria, BCen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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