Effects of Individual, Dyadic, and Collaborative Plans on Physical Activity in Partner-Partner Dyads

NCT03011385 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2014/15/B/HS6/00923_C
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 640
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

OBJECTIVE: The project aims at investigating of the effects of three types of planning (individual planning, collaborative planning, and dyadic planning) on physical activity among dyads.The influence of three planning interventions are compared with an active control condition, including physical activity education. PARTICIPANTS: The effects of the interventions are evaluated among dyads of two adults (partner-partner dyads). Adults forming dyads (e.g. two romantic partners, two relatives, two co-workers, two friends) who are in regular contact for at least one year will be enrolled. A minimum of 50 dyads enrolled into the each arm of the trial (a total of 200 dyads). The interventions consist of six planning sessions. DESIGN: The dyads are randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions. The assessment of the main and secondary outcomes is conducted at the baseline, at 1 week after the first intervention session, at post-intervention (after six intervention sessions are completed), and at 6-, and 12-month follow-ups. OUTCOMES: Physical activity constitutes the main outcome, whereas health-related quality of life (HRQOL), body mass index, and sedentary behavior as well as the self-regulatory strategy called the use of planning (individual, dyadic and collaborative) are secondary outcomes.

Conditions

Health Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Physical activity

  Accelerometry: ActiGraph (the model: wGT3X-B)

  Change from baseline physical activity at 8 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Health-related quality of life (HRQOL)

  Change from baseline HRQOL at 8 months

• The use of planning

  Change from baseline use of planning at 2 months

• Body mass index (BMI)

  Change from baseline BMI at 8 months

• Physical activity

  Change from the baseline physical activity at 8 months

Other Outcomes (3)

• Habitual physical activity

  Change from baseline habitual physical activity at 8 months

• Habitual sedentary behavior

  Change from baseline habitual sedentary behavior at 8 months

• Sedentary behavior

  Change from baseline habitual sedentary behavior at 8 months

Study Arms (4)

Individual Planning

EXPERIMENTAL

The planning materials and forms have sections: (a) information on the importance of planning, including examples of how planning works and what it affects, (b) instructions of what should be included in a good plan (the when, where, and how components), (c) formulating action and coping plans. Action plans (referring to when, when, and how the individual will act) as well as coping plans (referring to how to overcome potential difficulties, risky situations or temptations to not engage in physical activity) will be formed. Each participant will form their plans individually, without consulting the dyadic partner, but discussing the plans with the experimenter.

Behavioral: Individual Planning; Behavioral: Education

Dyadic Planning

EXPERIMENTAL

The planning materials and forms have sections: (a) information on the importance of planning, including examples of how planning works and what it affects, (b) instructions of what should be included in a good plan (the when, where, and how components), (c) formulating action and coping plans. Action plans as well as coping plans will be formed. Both partners in the dyad jointly form one plan. This jointly developed plan is discussed with the experimenter. The plan focuses on physical activity of only one person in the dyad. This target person will be selected jointly by the participants if both participants are healthy. If one participant has a chronic disease, e.g. diabetes or a cardiovascular disease, the plans are formed for the person with a disease.

Behavioral: Dyadic Planning; Behavioral: Education

Collaborative Planning

EXPERIMENTAL

The planning materials and forms have sections: (a) information on the importance of planning, including examples of how planning works and what it affects, (b) instructions of what should be included in a good plan (the when, where, and how components), (c) formulating action and coping plans. Action plans and coping plans will be formed. Both partners in the dyad jointly form one plan. This jointly developed plan is discussed with the experimenter. The plan focuses on physical activity of both persons within the dyad (both partners) and include some plans for joint physical activity.

Behavioral: Collaborative Planning; Behavioral: Education

Education

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The education materials address physical activity and healthy nutrition guidelines for age groups and chronic disease. Participants receive a set of educational materials about types of physical activity (PA), PA intensity, exercise calorie expenditure, strength and endurance training, stretching, and general nutrition guidelines in terms of meal composition, and nutrients, meal frequency. The materials exclude any planning statements. The education is delivered by the experimenter to a partner-partner dyad and discusses individual guidelines for both dyadic partners.

Behavioral: Education

Interventions

Individual Planning BEHAVIORAL

Participants are filling in the planning forms, referring to their individual physical activity. Both members of the dyad form their own, interdependent plans. The following behavior change techniques (BCT) are included in the planning intervention protocol: action planning, barrier identification, prompting self-talk, relapse prevention/coping planning. Applications of all BCT included references to planning.

Individual Planning

Dyadic Planning BEHAVIORAL

Participants are filling in the planning forms jointly. Planning refers to physical activity of only one person in the dyad. The other person in the dyad is actively participating in forming plans by the target person. The following BCT are included in the planning intervention protocol: action planning, barrier identification, prompting self-talk, relapse prevention/ coping planning. Applications of all BCT included references to planning.

Dyadic Planning

Collaborative Planning BEHAVIORAL

Participants are filling in the planning forms jointly. Planning refers to physical activity of both persons in the dyad. Physical activity may be performed jointly by both persons in the dyad. The following BCT are included in the planning intervention protocol: action planning, barrier identification, prompting self-talk, relapse prevention/ coping planning. Applications of all BCT included references to planning.

Collaborative Planning

Education BEHAVIORAL

The education group participants receive extended physical activity and healthy nutrition education program. The education includes: (1) the guidelines for physical activity and healthy nutrition, tailored to age and health status of the participants, (2) the examples of exercises and their metabolic equivalent; (3) information about healthy body mass and body composition.

Collaborative Planning; Dyadic Planning; Education; Individual Planning

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Both partners in the dyad are adults
• At least one partner in the dyad does not meet the World Health Organization guidelines for physical activity for their respective age group and health status
• Participants are healthy or with a diagnosed chronic illness (without contraindications for moderate intensity physical activity
• The partners may be a romantic relationship or in another relationship: next of kin, family members, friends who are willing to join the study together
• The dyadic partners are in the stable relationship for at least one year or meet and spend time together regularly for at least one year

You may not qualify if:

• Any existing diseases with contraindications for moderate intensity physical activity, confirmed by patient's primary care physician or a specialist in cardiovascular diseases/endocrinology/rehabilitation medicine providing care for the patient during the recruitment and follow-ups
• Both participants in the dyad meet the World Health Organization guidelines for physical activity for their respective age group and health status in terms of minutes per week, the intensity of physical activity, and the types of exercises

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Wroclaw, 53-238, Poland

Location

Related Publications (9)

• Burkert S, Knoll N, Luszczynska A, Gralla O. The interplay of dyadic and individual planning of pelvic-floor exercise in prostate-cancer patients following radical prostatectomy. J Behav Med. 2012 Jun;35(3):305-17. doi: 10.1007/s10865-012-9416-2. Epub 2012 Mar 28.

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• Prestwich A, Conner MT, Lawton RJ, Ward JK, Ayres K, McEachan RR. Randomized controlled trial of collaborative implementation intentions targeting working adults' physical activity. Health Psychol. 2012 Jul;31(4):486-95. doi: 10.1037/a0027672. Epub 2012 Apr 2.

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• Luszczynska A. An implementation intentions intervention, the use of a planning strategy, and physical activity after myocardial infarction. Soc Sci Med. 2006 Feb;62(4):900-8. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.043. Epub 2005 Aug 10.

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• Skevington SM, Lotfy M, O'Connell KA; WHOQOL Group. The World Health Organization's WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A report from the WHOQOL group. Qual Life Res. 2004 Mar;13(2):299-310. doi: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000018486.91360.00.

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• Hagger MS, Luszczynska A. Implementation intention and action planning interventions in health contexts: state of the research and proposals for the way forward. Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2014 Mar;6(1):1-47. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12017. Epub 2013 Oct 8.

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• Burkert S, Scholz U, Gralla O, Roigas J, Knoll N. Dyadic planning of health-behavior change after prostatectomy: a randomized-controlled planning intervention. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Sep;73(5):783-92. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.016. Epub 2011 Jul 12.

  PMID: 21807446 BACKGROUND

• Kulis E, Szczuka Z, Keller J, Banik A, Boberska M, Kruk M, Knoll N, Radtke T, Scholz U, Rhodes RE, Luszczynska A. Collaborative, dyadic, and individual planning and physical activity: A dyadic randomized controlled trial. Health Psychol. 2022 Feb;41(2):134-144. doi: 10.1037/hea0001124. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

  PMID: 34968130 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Interventions

Educational Status

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Aleksandra Luszczynska, PhD

  SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 3, 2017
• First Posted: January 5, 2017
• Study Start: December 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2020
• Study Completion: September 30, 2021
• Last Updated: May 9, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

PL (1)