Adherence to the implementation of exercise and nutrition programme among participants from the intervention group
| Exercise programme | |||||
| Participant | Number of weeks reported | Days per week | Minutes per week | Rating of perceived exertion (RPE) | |
| Median | Borg’s RPE scale37 | ||||
| Phase I (week 1–18) | P1 | 15 | 5.2 | Up to 90 min | Very light to light9–11 |
| P2 | 18 | 5.7 | Up to 90 min | Light to somewhat hard11–13 | |
| P3 | 6 | 4.3 | Up to 90 min | Light to somewhat hard11–13 | |
| P4 | 14 | 5.4 | 90 to 180 min | Light to somewhat hard11–13 | |
| P5 | 10 | 5.4 | Up to 90 min | Somewhat hard to hard13–15 | |
| P6 | 18 | 3.8 | 90 to 180 min | Light to somewhat hard11–13 | |
| P7 | 18 | 5.1 | Up to 90 min | Very light to light9–11 | |
| P8* | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | |
| Phase II (week 19–52) | P1† | 0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| P2 | 32 | 4.1 | Up to 90 min | Light to somewhat hard11–13 | |
| P3‡ | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | |
| P4 | 4 | 5.0 | 90 to 180 min | Light to somewhat hard11–13 | |
| P5 | 12 | 2.0 | Up to 90 min | Light to somewhat hard11–13 | |
| P6 | 34 | 2.0 | Up to 90 min | Somewhat hard13 | |
| P7 | 34 | 6.1 | Up to 90 min | Somewhat hard13 | |
| P8* | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | |
| Nutrition programme | |||||
| Protein intake (Gram per day) | Mediterranean diet§ (Sum score) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | Median | Mean (SD) | Median | ||
| Phase I (week 1–18) | Week 1 | 65.8 (16.4) | 64.8 | 7.0 (2.3) | 7.0 |
| Week 9 | 96.7 (29.4) | 90.3 | 7.8 (2.1) | 8.0 | |
| Phase II (week 19–52) | Week 19 | 107.9 (18.1) | 113.5 | 8.7 (1.0) | 9.0 |
| Week 52 | 90.9 (9.1) | 93.1 | 9.2 (1.6) | 10.0 | |
*Died in hospital.
†Dropped out.
‡Lost to follow-up.
§MEDAS sum score.
MEDAS, Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener.