Active Choice Intervention About Physical Activity for Physically Inactive Adults

NCT04973813 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2020.142
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 564
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This web-based experimental study aims to ascertain whether promoting an active (i.e. conscious and autonomous) choice process about physical activity results in better behavioural outcomes (e.g. physical activity) and psychological outcomes (e.g. physical activity intention) compared to promoting a passive choice process in physically inactive adults.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

Physical activity intervention; Active choice; Decision making; Web-based

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Intention

  Intention to become more physically active (yes/no), assessed by a questionnaire

  Directly after the intervention (Day 0)

• Physical activity

  Physical activity levels (MET minutes per week), assessed by the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

  Change from baseline at approximately 18 days

Secondary Outcomes (19)

• Sitting time

  Change from baseline at approximately 18 days

• Perceived change in physical activity compared to baseline

  Change from baseline at approximately 18 days

• Intention strength

  Change from day 0, at approximately 18 days

• Active choice

  Directly after the intervention (Day 0)

• Autonomous choice

  Directly after the intervention (Day 0)

Study Arms (4)

Guideline + Active Choice + action&coping planning (GA+)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants received a web-based intervention consisting of information (including the national physical activity guideline) and several assignments. Assignments included: completing a decision balance sheet; indicating the importance of personal values and the time, effort and energy spent on these personal values; action planning; identifying barriers to physical activity; coping planning.

Behavioral: Guideline + Active Choice + action&coping planning (GA+)

Guideline + Active Choice (GA)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants received a web-based intervention consisting of information (including the national physical activity guideline) and several assignments. Assignments included: completing a decision balance sheet; indicating the importance of personal values and the time, effort and energy spent on these personal values; identifying barriers to physical activity.

Behavioral: Guideline + Active Choice (GA)

Guideline + Information (GI)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants received the national physical activity guideline, and information about pros and cons of physical activity, and possible barriers to physical activity.

Behavioral: Guideline + information (GI)

Guideline (G)

OTHER

Comparison arm. Participants received the national physical activity guideline.

Behavioral: Guideline (G)

Interventions

Guideline + Active Choice + action&coping planning (GA+) BEHAVIORAL

Web-based intervention consisting of information and assignments, including: completing a decision balance sheet; indicating the importance of personal values and the time, effort and energy spent on these personal values; action planning; identifying barriers to physical activity; coping planning

Guideline + Active Choice + action&coping planning (GA+)

Guideline + Active Choice (GA) BEHAVIORAL

Web-based intervention consisting of information and several assignments, including: completing a decision balance sheet; indicating the importance of personal values and the time, effort and energy spent on these personal values; identifying barriers to physical activity.

Guideline + Active Choice (GA)

Guideline + information (GI) BEHAVIORAL

Web-based information about the national physical activity guideline, pros and cons of physical activity, and possible barriers to physical activity.

Guideline + Information (GI)

Guideline (G) BEHAVIORAL

Web-based information about the national physical activity guideline.

Also known as: Comparison arm

Guideline (G)

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Low levels of physical activity (i.e. physically active for at least 30 minutes on \<5 days a week and engaging in \<150 minutes of physical activity in total throughout an average week)

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnancy
• Wheelchair user
• Not being able to walk a minimum of 100 meters

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc: lead

Study Sites (1)

VUMedicalCenter

Amsterdam, North Holland, 1018BT, Netherlands

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Landais LL, Jelsma JGM, Verhagen EALM, Timmermans DRM, Damman OC. Awareness of a disconnect between the value assigned to health and the effort devoted to health increases the intention to become more physically active. Health Psychol Behav Med. 2023 Jul 30;11(1):2242484. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2023.2242484. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 37529054 DERIVED

• Landais LL, Damman OC, Jelsma JGM, Verhagen EALM, Timmermans DRM. Promoting an active choice among physically inactive adults: a randomised web-based four-arm experiment. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022 Apr 27;19(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12966-022-01288-y.

  PMID: 35477419 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Guidelines as Topic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Quality Assurance, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Health Services Administration; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Study Officials

• Danielle Timmermans, Prof. dr.

  Amsterdam UMC

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Evert Verhagen, Prof. dr.

  Amsterdam UMC

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 11, 2021
• First Posted: July 22, 2021
• Study Start: September 4, 2020
• Primary Completion: October 9, 2020
• Study Completion: October 9, 2020
• Last Updated: July 22, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
• Time Frame: Data will become available during publication.
• Access Criteria: No access restrictions.

Locations

NL (1)