Brief Program in Reducing Sedentary Behavior and Promoting Physical Exercise

NCT02645071 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: UW15-743
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 141
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Lack of physical activity was found to be a local and worldwide issue. Most Hong Kong people are having sedentary lifestyle. Researchers show that the increase of physical activity reduces the risk of chronic diseases, and improve cardio-pulmonary functions; whereas sedentary behaviors increase the risks. For many people, the targets of the WHO physical activity guidelines are too high to be achieved. Some people are not even willing to try, despite the evidence for the protective benefits to their long term health. In response, a recent focus has been placed upon reduction of sedentary behavior. Sedentary behavior is defined as 'those activities that do not increase energy expenditure substantially above the resting level, such as sitting, lying down, or viewing TV, or simply as "too much sitting". The primary determinants of sedentary behavior are behavioral and context-based, such as TV and screen-focused behaviors in home and work environments, sitting at work, and sitting during transport. The public health leaders have called for reducing the time spent in sedentary behaviors as a possible public health priority. This study will focus on reduction of sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity in daily life. We hypothesize that the training programs would promote the health awareness of the participants.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

physical activity; family well being,; health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in intention on performing physical activity in relation to reduce sedentary behavior

  Intention on performing physical activity in relation to reduce sedentary behavior, will be assessed by outcome-based physical activity questionnaire

  baseline, immediately following the training session, 2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Change in confidence on performing physical activity in relation to reduce sedentary behavior

  baseline, immediately following training, 2 weeks

• Change in perceived knowledge on performing physical activity in relation to reduce sedentary behavior

  baseline, immediately following training, 2 weeks

• Change in behaviour on performing physical activity in relation to reduce sedentary behavior

  baseline, 2 weeks

• Change in participants' own health and happiness

  baseline, 2 weeks

• Change in participants' family well-being

  baseline, 2 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Physical activity

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental arm is a 15-20 min interactive session, which aims to reduce participants' sedentary behavior and increase physical activity by increasing their motivation, self-efficacy, and knowledge of different types of easy exercises.

Behavioral: Physical Activity

Interventions

Physical Activity BEHAVIORAL

A brief education program in reducing sedentary behavior and promoting physical exercise with family would be conducted. Assessments will be conducted in two different time points, before training session (T1), immediately following training (T2) and two weeks after training (T3) to evaluate the effectiveness of training program.

Physical activity

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Chinese speaking
• Able to complete the questionnaire
• Aged 18 or above

You may not qualify if:

• \- People with serious health condition that might prevent them from participating in physical activity

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead
• The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Department of Health

Hong Kong, 852, Hong Kong

Location

Related Publications (4)

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  PMID: 25449692 BACKGROUND

• Gardiner PA, Eakin EG, Healy GN, Owen N. Feasibility of reducing older adults' sedentary time. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Aug;41(2):174-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.03.020.

  PMID: 21767725 BACKGROUND

• Kamani CH, Gencer B, Montecucco F, Courvoisier D, Vuilleumier N, Meyer P, Mach F. Stairs instead of elevators at the workplace decreases PCSK9 levels in a healthy population. Eur J Clin Invest. 2015 Oct;45(10):1017-24. doi: 10.1111/eci.12480. Epub 2015 Aug 26.

  PMID: 26081791 BACKGROUND

• Torbeyns T, Bailey S, Bos I, Meeusen R. Active workstations to fight sedentary behaviour. Sports Med. 2014 Sep;44(9):1261-73. doi: 10.1007/s40279-014-0202-x.

  PMID: 24842828 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• World Health Organization (2015). Physical activity : Fact sheet
• Department of Health (2014). Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Agnes YK LAI, DN

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Officer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 29, 2015
• First Posted: January 1, 2016
• Study Start: July 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2017
• Study Completion: July 1, 2017
• Last Updated: January 11, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)