Park Prescription Trial

NCT02615392 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Park Prescription Trial
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of prescribing park use (i.e., ''Park Prescription'') to insufficiently active individuals. It is hypothesized that Park Prescription will motivate the target population to increase physical activity and thereby improve their physical and mental health.

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

RCT; Park Prescription; Park Use; Physical Activity; Health Promotion; Health Behavior; Mental Well-Being; Body composition; Blood levels; Accelerometry; Improving general physical and mental health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Hours/week spent in Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) assessed objectively with accelerometry

  At 6 months follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (12)

• Fasting glucose levels (mmol/l)

  At 6 months follow-up

• Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

  At 6 months follow-up

• LDL (mmol/l)

  At 6 months follow-up

• HDL (mmol/l)

  At 6 months follow-up

• Triglycerides (mmol/l)

  At 6 months follow-up

Study Arms (2)

Park prescription

EXPERIMENTAL

The participants in this group will receive a brief counseling on physical activity together with a park prescription that highlights the importance of engaging in at least 150 minutes of physical activity per week and the possibility of engaging in physical activity in the park. In addition, they are invited to join in a structured and supervised physical activity program in the park. The structured physical activity program will take place in public parks located in the participants' neighbourhood. Participants will receive text messages for reminder and registration purposes approximately once a week. Also, participants will receive a sheet to monitor their weekly physical activity, information about parks in their neighborhood, and a counseling phone call half-way through the study.

Behavioral: Park Prescription

Control

NO INTERVENTION

The participants in this group will not be given any park prescription or be invited to participate in the weekly program in the park. However, they will receive all the information materials provided to the experimental group after the study has ended.

Interventions

Park Prescription BEHAVIORAL

Please refer to the information included in the arm description.

Park prescription

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Study participants must:
• be not currently sufficiently active (less than 150 minutes per week of exercise);
• complete and pass the PAR-Q+\*;
• have a blood pressure of less or equal to (\<=) 139 mmHG (systolic) over less or equal to (\<=) 89 mmHG (diastolic);
• have fasting glucose levels of less or equal to (\<=) 6.0 mmol/l);
• be Singaporean or Permanent Residents;
• be able to write and read;
• provide informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• pregnant women;
• people who have severe medical conditions prohibiting participation in physical activity as assessed by the PAR-Q (including, heart disease, lung disease, diabetes);
• people who have a blood pressure of \>139 mmHG (systolic) over \>89 mmHG (diastolic);
• people who have fasting glucose levels of \>6.0 mmol/l);
• those with physical disabilities or lower limb disorders.
• The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) is a self-guided, nine question screening tool that can quickly identify conditions or risk factors that require further assessment before engaging in physical activity. See: British Columbia Ministry of Health Department of National Health and Welfare: Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire. Canada: 1992.For the current study, we are using an amended version of the PAR-Q.
• The PAR-Q+ also includes an additional section to formally assess subjects' age, whether they have physical disabilities or lower limb disorders, and their physical activity status.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National University of Singapore: lead
• National Parks Board, Singapore: collaborator
• Khoo Teck Puat Hospital: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Singapore, 768828, Singapore

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Petrunoff N, Yao J, Sia A, Ng A, Ramiah A, Wong M, Han J, Tai BC, Uijtdewilligen L, Muller-Riemenschneider F. Activity in nature mediates a park prescription intervention's effects on physical activity, park use and quality of life: a mixed-methods process evaluation. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jan 22;21(1):204. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10177-1.

  PMID: 33482787 DERIVED

• Muller-Riemenschneider F, Petrunoff N, Yao J, Ng A, Sia A, Ramiah A, Wong M, Han J, Tai BC, Uijtdewilligen L. Effectiveness of prescribing physical activity in parks to improve health and wellbeing - the park prescription randomized controlled trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2020 Mar 17;17(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-00941-8.

  PMID: 32183815 DERIVED

• Muller-Riemenschneider F, Petrunoff N, Sia A, Ramiah A, Ng A, Han J, Wong M, Choo TB, Uijtdewilligen L. Prescribing Physical Activity in Parks to Improve Health and Wellbeing: Protocol of the Park Prescription Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Jun 1;15(6):1154. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061154.

  PMID: 30720784 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Health Behavior; Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Personal Satisfaction

Study Officials

• Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider, Assist Prof

  Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 23, 2015
• First Posted: November 26, 2015
• Study Start: January 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2017
• Study Completion: June 1, 2017
• Last Updated: June 29, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-06

Locations

SG (1)