Baseline self-assessment
Once enrolled, each participant was provided with a self-assessment kit to obtain baseline measurements. This kit included a pre-programmed accelerometer to be worn for at least seven consecutive days from morning to evening, and self-administered questionnaires (International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), and Short Form 36 (SF-36)). The IPAQ questionnaire was chosen because it is validated for use in primary care and because it assesses the amount of physical activity the patient reports to provide the equivalent Metabolic Equivalent Task-minutes (MET-min) [