The Impact of Real-time Feedback on Physical Activity Patterns in Flemish Employees

NCT ID: NCT01432327

Last Updated: 2015-03-13

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

227 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-08-31

Study Completion Date

2015-02-28

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to assess an increase of daily physical activity from electronic self-monitoring, to compare these values to the 10.000 step program, and to compare with real-time feedback with and without guidance from a Personal Coach.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this intervention study is to determine the effectiveness of continuous self-monitoring and real-time feedback from the SenseWear Armband (BodyMedia) alone and in combination with Personal Coaching to enhance physical activity and influence consciousness about its own physical activity patterns over a 12-month period in sedentary Flemish employees. The investigators hypothesize that the use of the feedback will increase awareness and subsequent physical activity levels of inactive office workers. Another hypothesizes is that the weekly meeting with a Personal Coach will add a controlling element and therefore employees of the 'coaching group' will have a higher physical activity level at the end of the intervention period compared to the other groups.

Conditions

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Sedentary Lifestyle

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control group

This group receives no kind of feedback during the intervention period. The participants wear the SenseWear Armband for 4 weeks and results of the intervention are discussed after the 4 week intervention period.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

SenseWear Armband

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants wear the SenseWear Armband for 4 weeks

Step Group

This group receives feedback about the daily amount of steps by means of a pedometer.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pedometer

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants receive a pedometer to determine their daily amount of steps. Every day they write down their amount of steps in a step diary.

Display Group

Participants receive real time feedback on their energy expenditure, minutes of physical activity and step count by means of the SenseWear Display

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

SenseWear display

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants use the self-monitoring device (display) to aid behavior change via real-time lifestyle feedback targeting physical activity.

The display has a versatile design that allows it to be clipped to a shirt, bag or belt loop. The Display can help participants stay in sync with their daily goals.

Coaching Group

Participants receive real-time feedback on their energy expenditure, step count and minutes of physical activity by means of the SenseWear Display and weekly meet with a Personal Coach to discuss their progress

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Personal Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A weekly meeting with a Personal Coach to evaluate the physical activity patterns in daily life

Interventions

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SenseWear display

Participants use the self-monitoring device (display) to aid behavior change via real-time lifestyle feedback targeting physical activity.

The display has a versatile design that allows it to be clipped to a shirt, bag or belt loop. The Display can help participants stay in sync with their daily goals.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Pedometer

Participants receive a pedometer to determine their daily amount of steps. Every day they write down their amount of steps in a step diary.

Intervention Type DEVICE

SenseWear Armband

Participants wear the SenseWear Armband for 4 weeks

Intervention Type DEVICE

Personal Coaching

A weekly meeting with a Personal Coach to evaluate the physical activity patterns in daily life

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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BodyMedia® Display (Model DD100) Yamax Digi-Walker SW-200 SenseWear Pro3 Armband BodyMedia, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Employee
* Physical Activity Level \< 1.71 MET
* Willing to wear the SenseWear Armband for 5-6 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

* Student
* Senior
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

68 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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KU Leuven

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Karen Van Hoye

Phd Student

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Johan Lefevre, Prof Dr.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

KU Leuven

Locations

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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Tervuursevest 101

Leuven, , Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

References

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Van Hoye K, Wijtzes AI, Lefevre J, De Baere S, Boen F. Year-round effects of a four-week randomized controlled trial using different types of feedback on employees' physical activity. BMC Public Health. 2018 Apr 12;18(1):492. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5402-0.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29649997 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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KULEUVEN_RTFDB

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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