Increasing physical activity: designing and testing a workplace intervention
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN08807396 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN08807396 |
| Protocol serial number | 3025 |
| Sponsor | University of Leeds (UK) |
| Funder | BUPA Foundation (UK) |
- 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
Scientific
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
| r.j.lawton@leeds.ac.uk |
Study information
| Primary study design | Interventional |
|---|---|
| Study design | Multicentre randomised interventional prevention trial |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study type | Participant information sheet |
| Scientific title | A multicentre randomised interventional prevention trial to develop and evaluate a flexible intervention to promote physical activity within worksites |
| Study objectives | 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(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) studied | 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 |
| Primary outcome measure(s) |
International Physical Activity Questionnaire, measured at baseline, immediately post-intervention (3 months), 6 months post-intervention and 9 months post-intervention. |
| Key secondary outcome measure(s) |
1. Body mass index (BMI) |
| Completion date | 01/10/2009 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Adult |
| Lower age limit | 18 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Target sample size at registration | 1300 |
| Key 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) |
| Key exclusion criteria | Anyone for whom physical activity would be dangerous to health |
| Date of first enrolment | 01/10/2006 |
| Date of final enrolment | 01/10/2009 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- United Kingdom
- England
Study participating centre
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
|---|---|
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not 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 | |
| Participant information sheet | Participant information sheet | 11/11/2025 | 11/11/2025 | No | Yes |
