The Health Action Process Approach and Movement Patterns in Adult Office Workers

NCT03091686 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HAPA and Sedentary Behaviour
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 218
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Societal changes have resulted in reduced demands to be active and increased daily time spent sitting. Excessive sitting has been shown to be a health hazard. The purpose of this study is to examine whether sedentary behaviour and diabetes information grounded in the Health Action Process Approach is a meaningful source of motivation to reduce daily sitting time among adult office workers. The intervention will target risk perceptions related to sitting by presenting research on prolonged sitting and diabetes risk, the effectiveness of breaking up prolonged sitting, and provide strategies to break up sitting. It is expected that participants who receive this information will report greater motivation and intentions to reduce both work and leisure sitting time.

Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle

Keywords

Sedentary Behaviour; Health Behaviour Change; Health Action Process Approach; Intervention; Prolonged Sitting; Light Intensity Physical Activity; Motivational Factors; Intentions; Diabetes; Self-Efficacy; Risk Perception; Outcome Expectancies

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Participants' intentions to reduce leisure sitting time

  Health Action Process Approach sedentary-derived Goal Intention (GIL) 15-items; 5-point scale Five Sub-scale scores (3-items each); GIL1- Intentions to reduce sitting time outside of work; GIL2 - Intentions to increase the number of breaks from sitting outside of work; GIL3 - Intentions to increase the length of breaks from sitting outside of work; GIL4 - Intentions to increase standing time outside of work; GIL5 - Intentions to increase light movement time outside of work

  Immediately Post-intervention

• Participants' intentions to reduce occupational sitting time

  Health Action Process Approach sedentary-derived Goal Intention (GIO) 15-items; 5-point scale Five Sub-scale scores (3-items each); GIO1- Intentions to reduce sitting time at work; GIO2 - Intentions to increase the number of breaks from sitting at work; GIO3 - Intentions to increase the length of breaks from sitting at work; GIO4 - Intentions to increase standing time at work; GIO5 - Intentions to increase light movement time at work

  Immediately Post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Participants expectations regarding reducing daily sitting time and improved health outcomes

  Immediately Post-intervention

• Participants perceptions regarding sitting time and diabetes risk

  Immediately Post-intervention

• Participants confidence to reduce leisure sitting time

  Immediately Post-intervention

• Participants confidence to reduce occupational sitting time

  Immediately Post-intervention

Study Arms (3)

Experimental Group (HAPA SB)

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental (same outcome questionnaire but with informational slideshow focusing on sedentary behaviour and diabetes risk) HAPA SB Intervention Slideshow

Behavioral: HAPA SB Intervention Slideshow

Attention-Control Group (HAPA MVPA)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Attention-Control (same outcome questionnaire but with slideshow focusing on benefits of moderate-vigorous physical activity) HAPA MVPA Intervention Slideshow

Behavioral: HAPA MVPA Attention-Control Slideshow

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Control (outcome questionnaire without any slideshow) Participants randomly assigned to the control group will receive no information or intervention of any kind and will only be asked to complete the outcome questionnaire.

Interventions

HAPA SB Intervention Slideshow BEHAVIORAL

In the experimental condition, participants will receive sedentary behaviour and diabetes information in the form of a slide show that will be viewed online. The intervention aims to address all components of the Health Action Process Approach. For the experimental group, the intervention material will target risk perceptions (RP) related to sitting by presenting evidence supported by research on sedentary behaviour and diabetes risk; outcome expectancies (OE) by presenting research on the effectiveness of breaking up sedentary time for improving blood sugar and insulin levels; and self-efficacy (SE) by providing strategies on how to reduce and break up sitting time.

Experimental Group (HAPA SB)

HAPA MVPA Attention-Control Slideshow BEHAVIORAL

In the attention-control, participants will receive information in the form of a slide show that will be viewed online. The intervention aims to address all components of the Health Action Process Approach. The attention-control slide show will take the same approach as the Experimental group slideshow but the slides will be geared towards meeting moderate-vigorous physical activity guidelines.

Attention-Control Group (HAPA MVPA)

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• To be eligible to participate, participants must be between 18 and 64 years of age, be a full-time worker/employee in an office setting, be able to read and write in English, and have access to a computer with Internet.

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who are not between 18-64 years of age, do not read or write in English, are not full-time workers/employees in office settings, and do not have access to a computer with Internet are not eligible to participate in this study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Western University, Canada: lead

Study Sites (1)

The University of Western Ontario

London, Ontario, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Diabetes Mellitus

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases

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: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 16, 2017
• First Posted: March 27, 2017
• Study Start: August 17, 2017
• Primary Completion: January 31, 2018
• Study Completion: February 1, 2018
• Last Updated: November 29, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)