TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kaseva, Kaisa
AU  - Tervaniemi, Mari
AU  - Heikura, Enni
AU  - Kostilainen, Kaisamari
AU  - Pöyhönen-Alho, Maritta
AU  - Shoemaker, J Kevin
AU  - Petrella, Robert J
AU  - Peltonen, Juha E
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/11/25
TI  - 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
JO  - JMIR Form Res
SP  - e30285
VL  - 6
IS  - 11
KW  - randomized trial
KW  - physical activity
KW  - lifestyles
KW  - personality
KW  - psychological well-being
KW  - study attrition
KW  - mental health
KW  - lifestyle interventions
AB  - 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 
SN  - 2561-326X
UR  - https://formative.jmir.org/2022/11/e30285
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/30285
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36427239
DO  - 10.2196/30285
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/30285
ER  -