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Active-online - PA counselling on the Internetwww.active-online.ch is a freely available Internet-based individually tailored intervention programme for physical activity promotion targeting the inactive segment of the Swiss population between about 30 and 60 years of age. DevelopmentThe programme was developed in German by an interdisciplinary team of experts in Public Health, Sport Sciences, Psychology, Design and Computer Sciences. Based on the results of a comparative study, French and Italian adaptations were developed in a second step. The development took place over four years, the costs of about 600'000 Euro were covered by the project partners. The expert system consists of a diagnostic questionnaire based on the Transtheoretical Model of Change, a library of more than 1000 feedback units per language and a set of more than 1000 rules to define algorithms for the selection of the feedback units. Current useThe final version of the programme has been available since spring 2003. In 2003, about 100'000 individuals have entered the website, about 30'000 actual counselling sessions have taken place. In the first half of 2004, about 62'000 visits to the website corresponded to some 20'000 counselling sessions. The annual costs of about 20'000 Euro for running and maintaining the programme are covered by the Swiss Federal Office of Sports and the other project partners; additional resources go into promotion, evaluation and research.
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