Kaseva K, Tervaniemi M, Heikura E, Kostilainen K, Pöyhönen-Alho M, Shoemaker JK, Petrella RJ, Peltonen JE. Identifying Personality Characteristics and Indicators of Psychological Well-Being Associated With Attrition in the Motivation Makes the Move! Physical Activity Intervention: Randomized Technology-Supported Trial.
JMIR Form Res 2022;
6:e30285. [PMID:
36427239 PMCID:
PMC9736762 DOI:
10.2196/30285]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Data attrition has been a common problem in longitudinal lifestyle interventions. The contributors to attrition in technology-supported physical activity interventions have not been thoroughly studied.
OBJECTIVE
The present study examined the roles of personality characteristics and indicators of psychological well-being in data attrition within a technology-supported, longitudinal intervention study with overweight adults.
METHODS
Participants (N=89) were adults from the Motivation Makes the Move! intervention study. Data attrition was studied after a 3-month follow-up. Participants' personality characteristics were studied using the Short Five self-report questionnaire. Psychological well-being indicators were assessed with the RAND 36-item health survey, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and Beck Depression Inventory. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the risk of discontinuing the study. The analyses were adjusted for sex, age, study group, and educational status.
RESULTS
At the 3-month follow-up, 65 of 89 participants (73% of the initial sample) had continued in the study. Participants' personality characteristics and indicators of psychological well-being were not associated with the risk of dropping out of the study (all P values >.05). The results remained the same after covariate controls.
CONCLUSIONS
Participant attrition was not attributable to personality characteristics or psychological well-being in the Motivation Makes the Move! study conducted with overweight adults. As attrition remains a challenge within longitudinal, technology-supported lifestyle interventions, attention should be paid to the potentially dynamic natures of personality and psychological well-being, as well as other elements beyond these.
TRIAL REGISTRATION
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02686502; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02686502.
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