Adherence to 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and Association With Diet Quality in Multi-Disciplinary Football Team Staff

NCT ID: NCT06771752

Last Updated: 2025-03-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 236 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-01-15
• Study Completion Date: 2025-03-16

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to assess whether adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines is associated with diet quality in professional football staff, an underrepresented population affected by irregular schedules, travel, and high-pressure environments. The main objectives are to:

• Assess and describe the sleep quality of football sports staff
• Measure and contextualise the adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines in football sports staff
• Analyse and describe the diet quality of football sports staff
• Describe correlations between job title, gender and location for physical movement and diet quality

Participants will answer a questionnaire that incorporates:

• Personal descriptives (height, weight, age, location, job title)
• Data on physical activity (movement, sleep, sedentary behaviour, strength training, screen time) based on the Canadian 24-hour Movement Guidelines
• The Mini-EAT dietary screening tool that evaluates diet quality (intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy, and sweets)

Statistical analyses will examine adherence levels, diet quality and the potential associations, aiming at informing health and performance strategies for football staff.

Detailed Description

This study investigates the relationship between adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines and diet quality among professional football sports staff, addressing the challenges posed by irregular schedules, travel and high-pressure environments. The aim is to determine whether staff meet the health recommendations they advocate for players and to inform strategies that enhance their health and performance. Using an observational and cross-sectional research design, the study will collect data on physical activity according to the Canadian 24-hour Movement Guidelines to assess adherence, and the validated Mini-EAT dietary screening tool to evaluate diet quality. The dependent variables include factors such as physical activity levels moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), light physical activity (LPA), sedentary time, sleep quality and consistency, strength training, sedentary breaks, and screen time usage. Diet quality is assessed through the frequency of intake of various food groups (e.g., fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, dairy, and sweets) and summarised with an overall diet quality score. There is a minimum of 229 participants required and the questionnaire will be distributed to individuals with confirmed employment of football staff, football clubs and universities with football teams. Statistical analyses will include descriptive statistics to summarise participant characteristics, adherence levels, and diet quality scores, MANOVA, Shapiro-Wilk to assess normality, with Pearson's or Spearman's correlations (depending on normality distribution) to examine associations between adherence scores and diet quality. Chi-square tests will identify relationships between categorical adherence levels and diet quality. These findings will inform targeted interventions to improve health outcomes for football staff, enabling them to better support players while maintaining their own performance. The proposed start date of the study is January 2025.

Conditions

Physical Activity; Diet Quality; Staff; Soccer

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Multidisciplinary Football Staff

Questionnaire

Intervention Type: OTHER

The questionnaire will be made comprised of the questions taken from the Whole Day Matters Toolkit (WDMT) 24-hour movement questionnaire (The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, 2021), which is based on the official 24-hour movement guidelines (Ross et al., 2020) (see appendix). For diet quality, Mini-EAT, a short dietary screening tool will be used (Lara-Breitinger et al., 2023) (see appendix). The questionnaire will be open for two months during the football mid-season time period (January 15th to March 15th). The principal investigator will distribute the questionnaire digitally via Google Forms. It will be sent directly to sports staff professionals, individually and to football clubs and to universities to distribute to their cohort. Only people with the link will be able to access the questionnaire. Participants will answer the questionnaire, which will take roughly 10 minutes, completing the intervention.

Interventions

Questionnaire

The questionnaire will be made comprised of the questions taken from the Whole Day Matters Toolkit (WDMT) 24-hour movement questionnaire (The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, 2021), which is based on the official 24-hour movement guidelines (Ross et al., 2020) (see appendix). For diet quality, Mini-EAT, a short dietary screening tool will be used (Lara-Breitinger et al., 2023) (see appendix). The questionnaire will be open for two months during the football mid-season time period (January 15th to March 15th). The principal investigator will distribute the questionnaire digitally via Google Forms. It will be sent directly to sports staff professionals, individually and to football clubs and to universities to distribute to their cohort. Only people with the link will be able to access the questionnaire. Participants will answer the questionnaire, which will take roughly 10 minutes, completing the intervention.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Whole Day Matters Toolkit: 24-hour movement questionnaire by The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology; Mini-Eat dietary questionnaire

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Individuals who work in football / soccer in professional leagues or semi-professional leagues in both men's and women's teams
• Individuals aged between 18 and 65
• Individuals who have confirmed status of their occupation on LinkedIn or football club website

Exclusion Criteria

• Jobs in other sports besides football / soccer
• No public profile on LinkedIn or football club website to confirm job status
• No signing of the consent form in the questionnaire

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University Ramon Llull

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Blanca Roman-Viñas, MD

Professor of Sports Medicine

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University Ramon Llull

Barcelona, , Spain

Countries

Spain

References

Lara-Breitinger KM, Medina Inojosa JR, Li Z, Kunzova S, Lerman A, Kopecky SL, Lopez-Jimenez F. Validation of a Brief Dietary Questionnaire for Use in Clinical Practice: Mini-EAT (Eating Assessment Tool). J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Jan 3;12(1):e025064. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.025064. Epub 2022 Dec 30.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 36583423 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

2024-12-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id