A Tailored Feasibility Study to Increase Physical Activity and to Reduce Sedentary Time

NCT02990039 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: FKZ 81Z5400152
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 176
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was (i) to develop a brief counseling letter intervention aiming to reduce sedentary time and to increase physical activity during leisure time among adults aged 42 to 64 years and (ii) to provide information on the feasibility.

Conditions

Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Keywords

physical activity; sedentary time; feasibility study; accelerometer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Adherence: Drop-out rates in control and intervention group

  Measures: Analyses of drop-out rates (%) in control and intervention group

  up to 12 month

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Feasibility: Comprehensibility on intervention material via paper-pencil-assessment

  12 month

• physical activity by self-report

  Change from Baseline Physical Activity at 12 months

• physical activity by accelerometry

  Change from Baseline Physical Activity at 12 months

• sedentary time by self-report

  Change from Baseline Sedentary Time at 12 months

• sedentary time by accelerometry

  Change from Baseline Sedentary Time at 12 months

Study Arms (2)

Counseling letter (intervention group)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants of the intervention group received a brief counseling letter intervention aiming to reduce sedentary time and to increase physical activity. The intervention comprised up to three tailored letters based on separate questionnaires.

Behavioral: Counseling letter

No counseling letter (control group)

NO INTERVENTION

Participants of the control group did not received the brief counseling letter intervention.

Interventions

Counseling letter BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is based on the Health Action Process Approach. The first letter provides information on knowledge regarding sedentary time and physical activity as well as intervenes on self-efficacy depending on the mindset of participants (non-intender, intender, actor). The second letter focuses on benefits and barriers of physical activity as well as the role of social support for physical activity. In case of actional stage, the third letter intervenes on self-efficacy again and suggests action and coping planning. Otherwise, the letter includes ipsative feedback according to the second letter.

Also known as: Feasibility of brief counseling letter intervention

Counseling letter (intervention group)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 42 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• age between 42 and 65 years
• resident in a pre-defined zip-code area

You may not qualify if:

• cardiovascular event (myocardial infarction, stroke) or vascular intervention
• self-reported body-mass-index over 35 kg/m²

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Medicine Greifswald: lead

Related Publications (5)

• Voigt L, Baumann S, Ullrich A, Weymar F, John U, Ulbricht S. The effect of mere measurement from a cardiovascular examination program on physical activity and sedentary time in an adult population. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2018 Jan 23;10:1. doi: 10.1186/s13102-018-0090-8. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 29410786 RESULT

• Ullrich A, Voigt L, Baumann S, Weymar F, John U, Dorr M, Ulbricht S. A cross-sectional analysis of the associations between leisure-time sedentary behaviors and clustered cardiometabolic risk. BMC Public Health. 2018 Mar 6;18(1):327. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5213-3.

  PMID: 29510707 RESULT

• Baumann S, Gross S, Voigt L, Ullrich A, Weymar F, Schwaneberg T, Dorr M, Meyer C, John U, Ulbricht S. Pitfalls in accelerometer-based measurement of physical activity: The presence of reactivity in an adult population. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018 Mar;28(3):1056-1063. doi: 10.1111/sms.12977. Epub 2017 Oct 12.

  PMID: 28921747 RESULT

• Voigt L, Ullrich A, Gross S, Guertler D, Jaeschke L, Dorr M, van den Berg N, John U, Ulbricht S. Associations of accelerometer-based sedentary bouts with adiposity markers among German adults - results from a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2023 Mar 10;23(1):469. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15304-8.

  PMID: 36899317 DERIVED

• Voigt L, Ullrich A, Baumann S, Dorr M, John U, Ulbricht S. Do sociodemographic variables and cardiometabolic risk factors moderate the mere-measurement effect on physical activity and sedentary time? BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2020 Jun 5;20(1):272. doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01551-9.

  PMID: 32503441 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Sabina Ulbricht, Dr.

  Institute of Social Medicine and Prevention, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 15, 2016
• First Posted: December 12, 2016
• Study Start: February 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2016
• Study Completion: September 1, 2016
• Last Updated: March 12, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03