Measures
Participants in both the intervention and the
comparison groups completed questionnaires to
assess physical activity, mental health, and spiritual
health, at baseline and week 8, immediately preand
post-intervention. Demographic characteristics
assessed at baseline included age, gender, marital
status and education. Since body weight may be a
barrier to physical activity among women,11 selfreported
weight and height were assessed and used
to calculate body mass index [ BMI: body weight
(kg)/height (m2) ] as a potential confounder.