The long-term effect of screening and lifestyle counseling on changes in physical activity and diet: the Inter99 Study - a randomized controlled trial

Sophie Baumann, Ulla Toft, Mette Aadahl, Torben Jørgensen, Charlotta Pisinger, Sophie Baumann, Ulla Toft, Mette Aadahl, Torben Jørgensen, Charlotta Pisinger

Abstract

Background: Multi-factorial intervention studies have been found to be successful in the initiation of lifestyle changes. However, little is known about the longer-term maintenance of health behavior improvements. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether improvements in physical activity and dietary habits achieved in a population-based multi-factorial lifestyle intervention of five years duration were maintained five years after intervention activities have ended.

Methods: The study was a population-based randomized controlled trial, Inter99 (1999-2006), Copenhagen, Denmark. Over five years, all participants in the intervention group (n = 6,091) received individual lifestyle counseling; participants at high risk of ischemic heart disease - according to pre-specified criteria - were also offered group-based counseling. The control group (n = 3,324) was followed by questionnaires. Both groups were followed one, three, five, and ten years after baseline. Changes in physical activity and dietary habits (intake of vegetables, fruit, fish, and saturated fat) during and after the intervention were investigated using random-coefficient models.

Results: Five years after the intervention, women in the intervention group reported greater improvements in the intake of fruit (M Δ = 90.2 g/week, p = 0.041) and less intake of saturated fat (OR = 0.30, 95% CI: 0.17-0.54) than the control group. Men in the intervention group reported greater improvements in physical activity (M Δ = 19.6 min/week, p = 0.003) and less intake of saturated fat (OR = 0.31, 95% CI: 0.17-0.56) than the control group. Improvements in the intake of vegetables and fish achieved during the intervention were not maintained in the longer-term.

Conclusions: Screening and lifestyle counseling had sustained effects on physical activity and dietary habits five years after its discontinuation. The patterns of long-term changes in lifestyle differed across behaviors and between men and women.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ( NCT00289237 ).

Figures

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Figure 1
Flow of participants.Note: Asterisk (*) indicates individual lifestyle counseling and group-based counseling offered to all persons at high risk.
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Figure 2
Level of physical activity among women and men from baseline to 10-year follow up.Note: Results are adjusted for baseline age, living with a partner, education, employment, diet, alcohol consumption, smoking, self-rated health, and being limited in climbing stairs. Year 0 = baseline.
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Figure 3
Intake of saturated fat among women and men from baseline to 10-year follow-up.Note: Results are adjusted for baseline age, living with a partner, education, employment, physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking, self-rated health, and self-rated risk of IHD associated with dietary habits. Year 0 = baseline.
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Figure 4
Intake of vegetables among women and men from baseline to 10-year follow-up.Note: Results are adjusted for baseline age, living with a partner, education, employment, physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking, self-rated health, and self-rated risk of IHD associated with dietary habits. Year 0 = baseline.
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Figure 5
Intake of fruits among women and men from baseline to 10-year follow-up.Note: Results are adjusted for baseline age, living with a partner, education, employment, physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking, self-rated health, and self-rated risk of IHD associated with dietary habits. Year 0 = baseline.
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Figure 6
Intake of fish among women and men from baseline to 10-year follow-up.Note: Results are adjusted for baseline age, living with a partner, education, employment, physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking, self-rated health, and self-rated risk of IHD associated with dietary habits. Year 0 = baseline.

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