Volume 11 — May 29, 2014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Clinician-Targeted Intervention and Patient-Reported Counseling on Physical Activity
During the study period, 1,029 patients were assessed for eligibility at a health center visit; 521 patients were assessed in Group 1, and 508 patients were assessed in Group 2. In Group 1, 242 patients were assessed at baseline, 182 patients were assessed at postintervention, and 97 patients were assessed at 6-month follow-up. In Group 1 at baseline, 180 patients were excluded for the following reasons: no show (n = 27); age (n = 38); language (n = 3); acute medical condition (n = 15); refusal (n = 50); time constraint (n = 34); unknown (n = 13). In Group 1 at postintervention, 129 patients were excluded for the following reasons: no show (n = 10); age (n = 33); language (n = 11); acute medical condition (n = 17); refusal (n = 40); time constraint (n = 14); unknown (n = 4). In Group 1 at 6-month follow-up, 49 patients were excluded for the following reasons: no show (n = 4); age (n = 14); language (n = 2); acute medical condition (n = 6); refusal (n = 12); time constraint (n = 7); unknown (n = 4). In Group 2 at baseline, 158 patients were excluded for the following reasons: no show (n = 26); age (n = 36); language (n = 17); acute medical condition (n = 22); refusal (n = 43); time constraint (n = 8); unknown (n = 6). In Group 2 at postintervention, 75 patients were excluded for the following reasons: no show (n = 10); age (n = 21); language (n = 8); acute medical condition (n = 9); refusal (n = 11); time constraint (n = 2); unknown (n = 14). In Group 2 at 6-month follow-up, 113 patients were excluded for the following reasons: no show (n = 21); age (n = 28); language (n = 17); acute medical condition (n = 9); refusal (n = 7); time constraint (n = 10); unknown (n = 21). In Group 1, the following numbers of patients were deemed eligible and consented to participate: 62 at baseline, 53 at postintervention, and 48 at 6-month follow-up. In Group 2, the following numbers were deemed eligible and consented to participate: 63 at baseline, 65 at postintervention, and 34 at 6-month follow-up. A total of 325 patients in both groups consented to participate.
Figure. Assessment of patient participant eligibility and reasons for exclusions from study. Within each group, patients at baseline, postintervention, and 6-month follow-up were assessed independently of one another (ie, patients participating at baseline did not necessarily participate at postintervention or 6-months postintervention).
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