The Effect of Experimentally Increasing Sedentary Behaviour on Subjective Well-being

NCT ID: NCT03648216

Last Updated: 2024-03-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

46 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-01-07

Study Completion Date

2021-03-17

Brief Summary

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This study will explore the causality between outcomes of subjective well-being and sedentary behavior, through experimentally increasing the sedentary behavior levels of active university students. Half of the eligible participants will receive a behavioral counseling intervention to increase sedentary behavior over one week, while the other half will receive no instructions. After one week, all participants will receive no instructions and continue to wear the inclinometer for another week.

Detailed Description

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The relationship between subjective well-being (SWB) and sedentary behavior (SB) has been briefly explored. However, the causality of the relationship (i.e., do higher levels of SB cause changes in SWB, or vice-versa) has not been fully examined. Experimentally increasing SB and observing the potential subsequent effect on SWB, in otherwise non-sedentary individuals, may help to determine the causation between SB and SWB.

An active sample of full-time university students attending Western University will be recruited. Upon obtaining consent, demographics will be taken. Baseline sedentary behavior levels will be confirmed objectively through inclinometer wear for 1-week. Upon confirmation of sufficient sedentary/non-sedentary time, participants will complete questionnaires assessing past-week: SWB, SB, physical activity, depression, and anxiety questionnaires. Participants will also be randomized to either a behavioral counseling intervention group, or a no-contact control group. Participants will then continue wearing the inclinometer for 1 week. After the intervention week, participants will complete the questionnaires again, after which all participants will be told to continue daily behavior, and wear the inclinometer for another week. Upon completion of this follow-up week, participants will complete questionnaires again.

Conditions

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Sedentary Lifestyle Quality of Life

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Upon obtaining consent, eligible participants will complete a week-long baseline period and then will be randomly assigned to either a 1-week intervention or control group, followed by a 1-week follow-up period.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
Study advertisements and information provided to participants will focus on non-specific behaviour change, in order to mask participants to the purpose of the study.

Study Groups

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Intervention Group

The intervention group will receive a pedometer and HAPA behavioural counseling with the aim of limiting their daily step count to \<5000 steps per day, over a one week period. Counseling strategies will be grounded in the HAPA model - specifically, creating an action plan and coping strategies for maximizing their daily sedentary behaviour and minimizing steps taken. Strategies may include: driving to locations more often, refraining from physical activity as much as possible, and/or completing tasks in sedentary postures.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

HAPA behavioural counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Behavioural counseling grounded in the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA; i.e., action planning and coping planning) to maximize sedentary behaviour and minimize steps taken.

Control Group

The control group will not receive any behavioural intervention or instruction.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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HAPA behavioural counseling

Behavioural counseling grounded in the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA; i.e., action planning and coping planning) to maximize sedentary behaviour and minimize steps taken.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years of age or older
* Full-time student attending Western University
* Able to read and write in English
* Self-reporting ≥150 minutes/week of moderate-vigorous physical activity

Exclusion Criteria

* Self-reporting a mental illness
* Currently having a physical disability that would prevent walking
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Western University, Canada

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Harry Prapavessis, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Western University

Locations

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Exercise and Health Psychology Lab, Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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112536

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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