Examining Perceptions of the 24-Hr Movement Guidelines

NCT04281615 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 6027468
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 247
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The main objective of the proposed research is to experimentally test and inform the most effective brand attributes that is to be featured in the forthcoming Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults. Specifically, there are two main objectives. The first objective is to determine the most preferred tagline associated with the new Guidelines among a sample of Canadian adults. The second objective is to experimentally test if this new attribute fosters stronger perceptions of self-efficacy among an adult sample, when compared to previous threshold-based approaches.

Conditions

Health Behavior; Self Efficacy

Keywords

Movement Behaviors; Physical Activity; Sedentary Behaviour; Sleep; Knowledge Translation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in participants self-efficacy to meet Guidelines measured using the Multi-Dimensional Self-efficacy for Exercise Scale (adapted, scale 0-10; 0=not at all confident, 10=extremely confident) following pre and post exposure to promotional materials.

  3 time points: measuring change from baseline, immediately after viewing message, 2-week follow up

Study Arms (2)

Intervention (Generic Message)

EXPERIMENTAL

Receives promotional materials that feature a generic messaging approach.

Other: Generic Message

Control (Threshold Message)

NO INTERVENTION

Receives promotional materials that use traditional, threshold messages.

Interventions

Generic Message OTHER

Exposed to four sets of promotional materials hypothesized to increase perceptions of self-efficacy to meet Guidelines.

Intervention (Generic Message)

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• between 18-64 years
• Canadian

You may not qualify if:

• cannot read/write in English
• already self-reported meeting Guideline recommendations for all three behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep)
• self-reported medical condition and/or sleep condition that would prevent individual from meeting the Guideline recommendations

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung, PhD: lead

Study Sites (1)

School of Kinesiology and Health Studies

Kingston, Ontario, K7L3N6, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Amy E Latimer-Cheung, PhD

  Queen's University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 18, 2020
• First Posted: February 24, 2020
• Study Start: January 20, 2020
• Primary Completion: February 24, 2020
• Study Completion: February 24, 2020
• Last Updated: September 30, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)