Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Rebecca Lawton
ORCID ID
Contact details
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
r.j.lawton@leeds.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
3025
Study information
Scientific title
A multicentre randomised interventional prevention trial to develop and evaluate a flexible intervention to promote physical activity within worksites
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The aim of the project was to develop and evaluate a flexible and problem-based intervention to promote physical activity within the workplace that requires no previous experience and could be implemented in any organisation. The intervention targeted mainly employees in low physical activity occupations and produced in an easy-to-implement tool-kit format. The intervention was evaluated in a quasi-experimental design involving 44 worksites across five large organisations. Half the worksites were randomly allocated to the intervention condition (being exposed to the whole intervention) and the remainder were allocated to the control group (who received the awareness component of the intervention only).
Ethics approval
1. Exploratory phase: South Sheffield Research Ethics Committee approved on the 3rd November 2006 (ref: 06/Q2305/159)
2. Main trial: South Sheffield Research Ethics Committee approved on the 11th October 2007 (ref: 07/H1309/90)
Study design
Multicentre randomised interventional prevention trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes; Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: Public Health Research
Intervention
Awareness, Motivation and Environment (AME):
Using leaflets, self-monitoring tools and team challenges, and thus focused on making changes at the individual level (awareness and motivation) but also encouraged changes in individuals' workplaces (environment) such as providing resources to encourage physical activity, posters to cue people to engage in physical activity and managers who support time spent in physical activity.
The control group received a short lifestyle advice leaflet, covering eating, physical activity, smoking, when they attended for their healthcheck etc.
Participants in the intervention group received a three month intervention delivered via a worksite facilitator and were followed up immediately post-intervention, as well as 3 months and 9 months after the intervention ended.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
International Physical Activity Questionnaire, measured at baseline, immediately post-intervention (3 months), 6 months post-intervention and 9 months post-intervention.
Secondary outcome measures
1. Body mass index (BMI)
2. % body fat
3. Resting heart rate
4. Diastolic and systolic blood pressure
Measured at baseline and again 12 months later.
Overall trial start date
01/10/2006
Overall trial end date
01/10/2009
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Members of staff working at three organisations - a large bus company, a Welsh city council and a large teaching hospital (aged 18 - 65 years, either sex)
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Planned sample size: 1300
Participant exclusion criteria
Anyone for whom physical activity would be dangerous to health
Recruitment start date
01/10/2006
Recruitment end date
01/10/2009
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
University of Leeds (UK)
Sponsor details
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
BUPA Foundation (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
private sector organisation
Funding Body Subtype
foundation
Location
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2011 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21481265
Publication citations
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Results
McEachan RR, Lawton RJ, Jackson C, Conner M, Meads DM, West RM, Testing a workplace physical activity intervention: a cluster randomized controlled trial., Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, 2011, 8, 29, doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-29.