The StepSmart Project: A Pedometer Based Phased Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity in Schools
NCT ID: NCT02455986
Last Updated: 2017-08-17
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE1
240 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-04-30
2016-10-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Phase One: A 10-week school competition using pedometers and a range of non-financial incentives e.g. t-shirts, pens, badges etc. (April - June 2015).
Phase Two: End of school competition but participants will still keep the pedometers. We will set them various challenges over the summer to keep active (July - Oct 2015).
Phase Three: Removal of all extrinsically motivation factors. Focus on PA maintenance.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention
The intervention group includes 150 participants aged 12-14 across three schools. Each participant has been given a Fitbit Zip pedometer to wear for a six month period and enrolled on the StepSmart challenge. Participants within the intervention group will take part in two competitions during this period.
1. School and team based competition. 27/05/15 - 22/06/15 (8 weeks)
2. Individually focused competition. 22/06/15 - 26/10/15 (18 weeks)
Prizes of low monetary value will be given to participants based on competition performance
The StepSmart Challenge
A six month pedometer based intervention designed to increase Physical Activity in school children
Control
The control group for the study involves approximately 90 participants aged 12 - 14. across two schools. Participants within the control group will complete the same measures as the intervention group including wearing an actigraph GT3X accelerometer for a seven day period and completing all questionnaires at the same time points as the intervention group.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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The StepSmart Challenge
A six month pedometer based intervention designed to increase Physical Activity in school children
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* enrolled in participating school
Exclusion Criteria
* Presence of an underlying medical conditions
* Already enrolled in a physical activity intervention
12 Years
14 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Queen's University, Belfast
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dr Mark Tully
Lecturer
Principal Investigators
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Mark A Tully, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Queen's University, Belfast
References
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Corepal R, Best P, O'Neill R, Kee F, Badham J, Dunne L, Miller S, Connolly P, Cupples ME, van Sluijs EMF, Tully MA, Hunter RF. A feasibility study of 'The StepSmart Challenge' to promote physical activity in adolescents. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2019 Nov 17;5:132. doi: 10.1186/s40814-019-0523-5. eCollection 2019.
Corepal R, Best P, O'Neill R, Tully MA, Edwards M, Jago R, Miller SJ, Kee F, Hunter RF. Exploring the use of a gamified intervention for encouraging physical activity in adolescents: a qualitative longitudinal study in Northern Ireland. BMJ Open. 2018 Apr 20;8(4):e019663. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019663.
Best P, Badham J, Corepal R, O'Neill RF, Tully MA, Kee F, Hunter RF. Network methods to support user involvement in qualitative data analyses: an introduction to Participatory Theme Elicitation. Trials. 2017 Nov 23;18(1):559. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2289-5.
Other Identifiers
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StepSmart
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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