Personalized Approach for Promoting Physical Activity in Mayo Clinic Physicians

NCT01501994 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 07-007103
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 17
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if providing physicians with a walking workstation, exercise counseling, and accelerometer feedback about activity will increase physician activity.

Conditions

Weight; Well Being

Keywords

Activity level; Weight; Body Fat; Well Being

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Activity units determined by accelerometer

  26 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (11)

• weight in kilograms

  26 weeks

• Maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max)

  26 weeks

• Percent body fat determined by bone density scan (DEXA)

  26 weeks

• Fasting glucose

  26 weeks

• Hemoglobin A1c

  26 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Walking workstation, counseling, accelerometry feedback

EXPERIMENTAL

2 week baseline: accelerometer with no feedback 12 experimental: Use of the walking workstation, counseling on increasing activity levels, feedback from the accelerometer 12 week crossover: Feedback from accelerometer, no counseling or walking workstation

Other: GRUVE accelerometer (MUVE, inc.); Other: walking workstation; Procedure: exercise counseling

Control then crossover

OTHER

2 week baseline: accelerometer with no feedback 12 week control period: accelerometer with no feedback 12 week crossover period: accelerometer with feedback, counseling on increasing activity, and use of a walking workstation

Other: GRUVE accelerometer (MUVE, inc.); Other: walking workstation; Procedure: exercise counseling

Interventions

GRUVE accelerometer (MUVE, inc.) OTHER

Physicians in the experimental group will be given an accelerometer for 2 weeks (without feedback) prior to starting the study and will continue to have their activity monitored for the duration of the study. The accelerometer monitors movement and accurately estimates physical activity energy expenditure. They will receive feedback about their activity for the remainder of the trial. Physicians in the control group will wear the accelerometer but not receive feedback for the first 14 weeks of the trial. They will receive feedback for the last 12 weeks of the trial as they crossover to the experimental group.

Control then crossover; Walking workstation, counseling, accelerometry feedback

walking workstation OTHER

The physicians in the experimental group will be provided with a walking workstation. The walking workstation has a computer keyboard, computer monitor and telephone attached to an exercise treadmill (assembled by the investigators). This allows the user to walk at 1 mile per hour while dictating, typing, responding to e-mail, etc. The treadmill can be placed in an examining room if the physician wishes to use it while dictating notes or it can be placed in a separate office. For the last 12 weeks of the study the experimental group will not use the walking workstation while the control grop will use the workstation (crossover).

Also known as: treadmill desk

Control then crossover; Walking workstation, counseling, accelerometry feedback

exercise counseling PROCEDURE

After the first two weeks of baseline data collection, the experimental group will receive exercise counseling for the next 12 weeks. They will be advised to make use of the accelerometer and the walking workstation as well as how to increase their activity in other ways. This group will not receive exercise counseling for the last 12 weeks of the study while the control group will cross over and receive exercise counseling for the last 12 weeks of the study (the control group will not receive exercise counseling for the first 14 weeks of the study).

Control then crossover; Walking workstation, counseling, accelerometry feedback

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Physicians working in the Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester
• Age 25 to 70 years
• BMI \> 25
• Sedentary (exercise for 30 minutes less than 3 times weekly)

You may not qualify if:

• Metastatic cancer
• Unable to complete a Bruce protocol exercise stress test
• Planning on retiring in the next 6 months
• Planning on more than 3 weeks of vacation during the 6 month study
• Women of child-bearing age who are pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mayo Clinic: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Body Weight

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Warren G Thompson, MD

  Mayo Clinic

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 29, 2011
• First Posted: December 30, 2011
• Study Start: July 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2010
• Study Completion: November 1, 2010
• Last Updated: June 6, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-06