Using Mobile Technology to Promote Physical Activity

NCT ID: NCT02265432

Last Updated: 2015-11-16

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

74 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-10-31

Study Completion Date

2016-09-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test an intervention which uses a personalized mobile-technology based approach that aims to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in inactive working Singaporean adults.

Detailed Description

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Considering the increasing burden in type 2 diabetes mellitus and other chronic diseases, the promotion of physical activity and reduction of sedentary behavior have an important role to improve population health.

Primarily, potential participants will be identified and recruited among participants from the Singapore Health Study (SHS) 2014 based on pre-specified selection criteria . SHS is a cross-sectional study of adults between 18 and 79 years which is conducted annually to monitor health, health behavior and health determinants among the Singapore general population.

All eligible participants will be randomized with a 1:1 ratio to intervention and control group.

Intervention group participants will receive a personalized mobile-technology based intervention to promote physical activity. It consists of four components:

1. General physical activity educational materials
2. Wearable activity tracking devices to enable the intervention participants to self-monitor their physical activity behavior and receive real-time feedback
3. Access to an online map of Singapore providing location based information about leisure time physical activity opportunities
4. Personalized text messages which include, educational information, tailored theory-based motivational messages, as well as compliance enhancing reminders

Control group participants will receive general physical activity educational materials, identical in content to that of the general educational materials of intervention group participants.

All participants will be assessed at baseline, 6 months and 12 months after the intervention by accelerometry and self-reported questionnaires.

Conditions

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Physical Activity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Mobile technology intervention

1. General physical activity educational materials
2. Wearable activity tracking devices to enable the intervention participants to self-monitor their physical activity behavior and receive real-time feedback
3. Access to an online map of Singapore providing location based information about leisure time physical activity opportunities
4. Personalized text messages which include, educational information, tailored theory-based motivational messages, as well as compliance enhancing reminders

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

General physical activity educational materials

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Wearable activity tracking devices (fitbit)

Intervention Type DEVICE

online map

Intervention Type OTHER

Personalized text messages

Intervention Type OTHER

Control

1.General physical activity educational materials

Group Type OTHER

General physical activity educational materials

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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General physical activity educational materials

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Wearable activity tracking devices (fitbit)

Intervention Type DEVICE

online map

Intervention Type OTHER

Personalized text messages

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Men and women 25 to 65 years of age
* Physically inactive
* Working full-time for at least one more year after inclusion
* Signed written informed consent for the intervention study
* Willing to wear the activity tracker, fitbit all the time every day for 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

* severe medical conditions prohibiting participation in physical activity
* pregnant women
* insufficient English language skills
* Participants who have already activity tracker device
Minimum Eligible Age

25 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Dr Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider Falk <falk.mueller-riemenschneider, MSc, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore

Locations

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National Univeristy of Singapore

Singapore, , Singapore

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Singapore

Central Contacts

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Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider Falk <falk.mueller-riemenschneider, MBBS,MSc,MD

Role: CONTACT

+65 66013122

Other Identifiers

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R -608-000-071-112

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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