Socio-ecological Intervention to Promote Active Commuting to Work

NCT ID: NCT02250261

Last Updated: 2018-10-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-08-31

Study Completion Date

2017-06-30

Brief Summary

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Background Cycling and walking to work is a natural way of increasing physical activity in a working population. However, the evidence on the effectiveness and cost savings of promoting active work commuting (ACW) is thin. This cluster-randomized, controlled study aims to promote ACW with environmental, social and behavioral strategies in two large workplace areas in Tampere, Finland. The paper de-scribes the protocol, evaluation and baseline findings of the study.

Methods The enrollment of the workplaces took place in 2014-15. In Phase 1, the impacts of environmental strategies (improvements to the walking and cycling trails) were evaluated in Area1 including 11 workplaces. In Phase 2, five more workplaces were recruited from Area2 to evaluate the impacts of social and behavioral strategies accustomed for each workplace. The workplaces in both areas were then randomized into experimental (EXP, n=6+2) and comparison group (COM, n=5+3). EXP promoted ACW with social and behavioral strategies; COM participated in data collection only but will have the same support post-intervention. The primary outcome is the change in employees' self-reported and accelerometer-based ACW. The secondary outcomes include e.g. the changes in employees' self-rated health and subjective wellbeing at work, the change in the number of walkers and cyclists based on the traffic calculations and the change in the quality of walking and cycling trails based on camera auditing (Area1 only). External validity of the intervention is as-sessed with the compliance rates of the workplaces and employees as well as with the fidelity of the environmental, social and behavioral strategies. Health Economic Assessment Tool for Cycling and Walking (HEAT) is used to assess the cost savings of the multilevel intervention. In addition, environmental variables and types that promote ACW and mediate and moderate the effects of environmental strategies are examined.

Results and discussion This study is one of the first in Finland to combine interdisciplinary collaboration between practi-tioners and researchers working in the fields of transportation, urban design, physical activity and sustainable development to promote ACW. The findings benefit all stakeholders interested in pro-moting ACW in urban context. The study will also produce supportive material for promoting ACW at the workplaces.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Active Travel

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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KÄPY group

Workplaces, which are supported to promote employees' ACW.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

KÄPY

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Comparison group

Workplaces, which are not supported to promote employees' ACW but will be offered support to do so after the study.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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KÄPY

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

All voluntary employees in the workplaces located in the specific area
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Tampere University of Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Department of Transport and Streets, City of Tampere

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ecofellows Ltd, City of Tampere

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Oxford

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Graz

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

UKK Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Minna Aittasalo

Senior Researcher

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Minna Aittasalo, D.Sc.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UKK Institute

Locations

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UKK Institute

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Site Status

The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

References

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Aittasalo M, Tiilikainen J, Tokola K, Seimelä T, Sarjala S-M, Metsäpuro P, Hynynen A, Suni J, Sievänen H, Vähä-Ypyä H, Vaismaa K, Vakkala O, Foster C, Titze S, Vasankari T. Socio-Ecological Intervention to Promote Active Commuting to Work: Protocol and Baseline Findings of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Oct; 14(10): 1257. Published online 2017 Oct 20. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14101257

Reference Type RESULT

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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179

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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