Increasing physical activity: designing and testing a workplace intervention

ISRCTN ISRCTN08807396
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN08807396
Secondary identifying numbers 3025
Submission date
18/06/2010
Registration date
18/06/2010
Last edited
29/08/2013
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Other
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Rebecca Lawton
Scientific

Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom

Email r.j.lawton@leeds.ac.uk

Study information

Study designMulticentre randomised interventional prevention trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typePrevention
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titleA multicentre randomised interventional prevention trial to develop and evaluate a flexible intervention to promote physical activity within worksites
Study objectivesThe 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(s)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)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedTopic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes; Subtopic: Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics); Disease: Public Health Research
InterventionAwareness, 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 typeOther
Primary outcome measureInternational Physical Activity Questionnaire, measured at baseline, immediately post-intervention (3 months), 6 months post-intervention and 9 months post-intervention.
Secondary outcome measures1. 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 study start date01/10/2006
Completion date01/10/2009

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participantsPlanned sample size: 1300
Key inclusion criteriaMembers 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)
Key exclusion criteriaAnyone for whom physical activity would be dangerous to health
Date of first enrolment01/10/2006
Date of final enrolment01/10/2009

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

University of Leeds (UK)
University/education

Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
England
United Kingdom

Website http://www.leeds.ac.uk
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Funders

Funder type

Research organisation

BUPA Foundation (UK)
Private sector organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
Location
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 11/04/2011 Yes No