Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mr Warren Stevens
ORCID ID
Contact details
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Health Services Research Unit
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7636 8636
warren.stevens@lshtm.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Exercise and health
Intervention
1. Consultation with an exercise development officer, and offered a personalised 10 week programme to increase levels of physical activity combining leisure centre and home based activities.
2. Control subjects were sent information on local leisure centres.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/02/2004
Overall trial end date
31/12/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Inactive people (identified by questionnaire) aged between 45 and 74 years.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/02/2004
Recruitment end date
31/12/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive London
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
1998 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9773174
Publication citations
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Results
Stevens W, Hillsdon M, Thorogood M, McArdle D, Cost-effectiveness of a primary care based physical activity intervention in 45-74 year old men and women: a randomised controlled trial., Br J Sports Med, 1998, 32, 3, 236-241.