Moving To Business: Promoting Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Office-based Companies in Finland

NCT01999205 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 175
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 396
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The participants are twelve small or middle-sized companies. Baseline information about the company's practices and employees' physical activity is collected in November 2013 with questionnaires and accelerometers. A team is nominated in each company to develop company's practices in relation to promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior among employees. The teams are supported with materials and meetings and the opportunity to obtain physical activity services from the regional offices of the Finnish Sports Confederation. The development process is carried out in Fall 2013 and the actions to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior are implemented in the companies during spring and fall 2014. The follow-up evaluation with the same measures as at baseline will be conducted in November 2014 and depending on financing possibly also in November to assess the maintenance of the actions.

Conditions

Physical Activity; Sedentary Behavior; Work Ability

Keywords

workplace; intervention; physical activity; sedentary behavior; evaluation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Physical activity and sedentary behavior

  Change in the accelerometer-determined and self-reported (questionnaire) physical activity and sedentary behavior of the employees from baseline to 12 months.

  One year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Work ability

  One year

Other Outcomes (1)

• Employees' participation in staff physical activity

  One year

Study Arms (1)

Physical activity promotion

EXPERIMENTAL

A nominated team in each participating company develops a plan to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior of the employees

Behavioral: Physical activity promotion

Interventions

Physical activity promotion BEHAVIORAL

A nominated team in each participating company develops a plan to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior of the employees.

Physical activity promotion

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• companies: number of employees 15-150 (small or middle-sized)
• employees: all voluntary employees

You may not qualify if:

• companies: less than 15 or more than 150 employees
• employees: none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• UKK Institute: lead
• Finnish Institute of Occupational Health: collaborator
• Finnish Sports Confederation: collaborator
• Päijät-Hämeen Liikunta ja urheilu ry: collaborator
• Etelä-Karjalan Liikunta ja Urheilu ry: collaborator
• Hämeen Liikunta ja Urheilu ry: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, 33501, Finland

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Aittasalo M, Livson M, Lusa S, Romo A, Vaha-Ypya H, Tokola K, Sievanen H, Manttari A, Vasankari T. Moving to business - changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior after multilevel intervention in small and medium-size workplaces. BMC Public Health. 2017 Apr 17;17(1):319. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4229-4.

  PMID: 28415993 DERIVED

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Minna Aittasalo, DSc

  UKK Institute

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Docent, DSc, PT, Researcher

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 1, 2013
• First Posted: December 3, 2013
• Study Start: November 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2015
• Study Completion: May 1, 2015
• Last Updated: December 8, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-12

Locations

FI (1)