A Tailored Feasibility Study to Increase Physical Activity and to Reduce Sedentary Time
NCT ID: NCT02990039
Last Updated: 2019-03-12
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
176 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-02-28
2016-09-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Following the Intervention Mapping Protocol we developed the counseling letter intervention. The intervention is based on the Health Action Process Approach, comprising 3 tailored letters based on separate assessments, delivered over 6 month.
All participants consented (i) to participate in an examination at the university hospital including standardized measurements of blood pressure, waist and hip circumference, body height and weight as well as blood sample taking, (ii) to fill in a paper-pencil questionnaire, and (iii) to wear an accelerometer for 7 days at baseline and at 12-month follow-up.
A general population sample of cardiovascular healthy adults was randomly allocated to a control and an intervention group. At 5 time points (baseline, 3-month, 6-month, 7-month, and 12-month follow-up) participants of both study groups completed standardized questionnaires.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Counseling letter (intervention group)
Participants of the intervention group received a brief counseling letter intervention aiming to reduce sedentary time and to increase physical activity. The intervention comprised up to three tailored letters based on separate questionnaires.
Counseling letter
The intervention is based on the Health Action Process Approach. The first letter provides information on knowledge regarding sedentary time and physical activity as well as intervenes on self-efficacy depending on the mindset of participants (non-intender, intender, actor). The second letter focuses on benefits and barriers of physical activity as well as the role of social support for physical activity. In case of actional stage, the third letter intervenes on self-efficacy again and suggests action and coping planning. Otherwise, the letter includes ipsative feedback according to the second letter.
No counseling letter (control group)
Participants of the control group did not received the brief counseling letter intervention.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Counseling letter
The intervention is based on the Health Action Process Approach. The first letter provides information on knowledge regarding sedentary time and physical activity as well as intervenes on self-efficacy depending on the mindset of participants (non-intender, intender, actor). The second letter focuses on benefits and barriers of physical activity as well as the role of social support for physical activity. In case of actional stage, the third letter intervenes on self-efficacy again and suggests action and coping planning. Otherwise, the letter includes ipsative feedback according to the second letter.
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* resident in a pre-defined zip-code area
Exclusion Criteria
* self-reported body-mass-index over 35 kg/m²
42 Years
65 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University Medicine Greifswald
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Sabina Ulbricht, Dr.
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Institute of Social Medicine and Prevention, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
References
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Voigt L, Baumann S, Ullrich A, Weymar F, John U, Ulbricht S. The effect of mere measurement from a cardiovascular examination program on physical activity and sedentary time in an adult population. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2018 Jan 23;10:1. doi: 10.1186/s13102-018-0090-8. eCollection 2018.
Ullrich A, Voigt L, Baumann S, Weymar F, John U, Dorr M, Ulbricht S. A cross-sectional analysis of the associations between leisure-time sedentary behaviors and clustered cardiometabolic risk. BMC Public Health. 2018 Mar 6;18(1):327. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5213-3.
Baumann S, Gross S, Voigt L, Ullrich A, Weymar F, Schwaneberg T, Dorr M, Meyer C, John U, Ulbricht S. Pitfalls in accelerometer-based measurement of physical activity: The presence of reactivity in an adult population. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018 Mar;28(3):1056-1063. doi: 10.1111/sms.12977. Epub 2017 Oct 12.
Voigt L, Ullrich A, Gross S, Guertler D, Jaeschke L, Dorr M, van den Berg N, John U, Ulbricht S. Associations of accelerometer-based sedentary bouts with adiposity markers among German adults - results from a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2023 Mar 10;23(1):469. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15304-8.
Voigt L, Ullrich A, Baumann S, Dorr M, John U, Ulbricht S. Do sociodemographic variables and cardiometabolic risk factors moderate the mere-measurement effect on physical activity and sedentary time? BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2020 Jun 5;20(1):272. doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01551-9.
Other Identifiers
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FKZ 81Z5400152
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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