A community-wide campaign to promote physical activity in middle-aged and elderly people: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Implementation of information, education, and support delivery in communities: COMMUNICATE Study

	Group A				Group FM				Group AFM
Community	1	2	3	total	4	5	6	total	7	8	9	total
Population density category	HPD	MPD	LPD		HPD	MPD	LPD		HPD	MPD	LPD
Information delivery
(Visual information)
Flyers or leaflets (times distributed to all households)	4	4	4	12	4	2	4	10	3	3	4	10
Posters (numbers hung)	72	17	12	101	28	25	19	72	53	26	23	102
Community newsletters (times articles about CWC appeared)	1	2	4	7	3	0^a	1	4	2	1	2	5
Banners (numbers placed)	2	2	2	6	2	2	2	6	3	2	2	7
(Audio information)
Local audio broadcasts (times audio messages broadcasted)	12	12	12	36	12	12	12	36	12	12	12	36
Education delivery
Times educational activities implemented	20	13	14	47	14	18	11	43	17	21	14	52
Gross numbers of participants (A)	582	330	288	1200	711	768	399	1878	605	473	454	1532
(Population aged 40–79 years (B))	1174	689	269	2132	1165	905	673	2743	1246	1044	328	2618
Quasi-population coverage rate (100*A/B, %)	50	48	107	56	61	85	59	68	49	45	138	59
Support delivery^b
(Social support)
Promoting encouragement by community leaders	yes	yes	no		no	no	no		yes	yes	no
(Material support)
Loan and selling of pedometers at community center	yes	yes	no		N/A	N/A	N/A		no	yes	no
Distribution of light-reflective materials at community center	yes	yes	yes		N/A	N/A	N/A		yes	yes	yes
Loan of video tapes and DVDs on FM activities at community center	N/A	N/A	N/A		yes	yes	yes		no	yes	yes
(Professional support)
Establishment of a call center^c	yes	yes	yes		yes	yes	yes		yes	yes	yes

Note. Group A = aerobic activity; Group FM = flexibility and muscle-strengthening activities; Group AFM = aerobic, flexibility, and muscle-strengthening activities; HPD = high population density; MPD = moderate population density; LPD = low population density; CWC = community-wide campaign; N/A = not applicable.
^aThere was no community newsletter published by the self-administered organization only in Community 5.
^bImplemented component is indicated as “yes” and unimplemented component as “no” in each community.
^cA call center was established in Unnan City Hall for all communities.

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