Physical Activity Intervention Among College Students

NCT03061357 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 505314
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 187
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This project was to examine the effects of incorporating modern wearable technology into the credit-based Physical Activity Instructional Program for promoting habitual levels of physical activity among college students.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

activity tracker; behavior change

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in objectively measured physical activity to 15 weeks

  Physical activity was objectively measured using an ActiGraph Actitrainer (ActiGraph LLC, Pensacola, FL, USA) accelerometer.

  baseline and 15 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in subjectively measured physical activity

  baseline and 15 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Activity tracker group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in intervention arm were provided with a small and lightweight activity tracker, Misfit Flash (Misfit Wearables Co., Burlingame, CA), that can be worn with a clasp or watch band. A handout detailing the step-by-step instructions for utilizing the activity tracker with Misfit App on their smartphone was provided. There was no intervention component mandated in the curriculum of intervention PAIP courses; rather, participants were continuously encouraged by the instructors to track their activity levels and use all the features in Misfit App on a daily basis as they learned health benefits of PA and as to how to develop individualized, life-long PA plan during the course of semester.

Behavioral: Activity tracker

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in control arm did not receive any additional instructions other than the scheduled class activities based on the standardized core-curriculum of PAIP

Interventions

Activity tracker BEHAVIORAL

Misfit Flash (Misfit Wearables Co., Burlingame, CA) activity tracker

Activity tracker group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• healthy college students who were enrolled in 1-credit physical activity instruction programs.

You may not qualify if:

• did not wish to participate;
• have currently used their own wearable activity tracker;
• indicated any major physical, psychiatric, or cardiovascular-related problems diagnosed by a physician.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Texas Tech University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Fitness Trackers

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Diagnostic Equipment; Equipment and Supplies; Wearable Electronic Devices; Electrical Equipment and Supplies

Study Officials

• Youngdeok Kim, PhD

  Texas Tech University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: All participants in both intervention and control arms were not disclosed to the specific purpose of the study in order to prevent the subject-expectancy effects on study outcomes.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2017
• First Posted: February 23, 2017
• Study Start: August 6, 2015
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2016
• Study Completion: December 31, 2016
• Last Updated: February 23, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share