Mobile Health-Health Action Process Approach Based Intervention on Sedentary Behaviour and Stress in Office Workers

NCT05216159 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 120488
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 62
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will explore the effectiveness of a Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) mobile health (mHealth) intervention on reducing sedentary behaviour and perceived stress in desk-based office workers. Half of participants will receive a mHealth HAPA intervention consisting of a theory-driven behavioural counselling session and weekly HAPA based worksheets delivered through a mobile application. The other half of participants will act as a control group and will receive no intervention or information past the letter of information. The study will take place over eight weeks, with the first four weeks acting as the intervention period and a follow-up at the end of week eight.

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Health Behaviour Change; Perceived Stress

Keywords

Sedentary Behaviour; Health Behaviour Change; Perceived Stress; Health Action Process Approach; Office Workers; mHealth; Mobile Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Changes in Time Spent Sitting at Work

  modified Occupational Physical Activity Questionnaire (Reis et al., 2005; Chau et al., 2012); 5-items

  Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8

• Changes in Time Spent Standing at Work

  modified Occupational Physical Activity Questionnaire (Reis et al., 2005; Chau et al., 2012); 5-items

  Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8

• Changes in Time Spent Engaged in Light-Intensity Physical Activity at Work

  modified Occupational Physical Activity Questionnaire (Reis et al., 2005; Chau et al., 2012); 5-items

  Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8

• Changes in Frequency of Breaks from Sitting at Work

  Modified version of the Last 7-day Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire (SIT-Q 7d) (Wijndaele et al., 2014; Sui \& Prapavessis, 2016); 1-item; 12-point scale (Less than every 30 min, Every 30-45 min, Every 45 min-1 hour, Every 1-1.5 hours, Every 1.5-2 hours, Every 2-3 hours, Every 3-4 hours, Every 4-5 hours, Over every 5 hours, No interruption); Lower values represent a better outcome

  Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8

• Changes in Duration of Breaks from Sitting at Work

  Modified version of the Last 7-day Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire (SIT-Q 7d) (Wijndaele et al., 2014; Sui \& Prapavessis, 2016); 1-item; 10-point scale (Less than 30 sec, 30 sec-1 min, 1-2 min, 2-3 min, 3-4 min, 4-5 min, 5-10 min, 10-15 min, 15-30 min, Over 30 min); Higher values represent a better outcome

  Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in Perceived Stress

  Baseline, Week 4

Other Outcomes (8)

• Age

  Baseline

• Sex

  Baseline

• Gender

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

mHealth HAPA Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

This intervention group will receive a single one-on-one behavioural counselling session and weekly action and coping planning worksheets delivered through a downloaded smartphone application with the aim of increasing the breaking of consecutive work related sedentary behaviour. Counselling strategies will be grounded in the HAPA model, specifically focusing on the creation of action plans and the development of coping strategies to increase sedentary behaviour breaks. The weekly HAPA based worksheets will be sent out to participants at the beginning of their work week so that they can formulate their own personal action plans and coping strategies for the week to come. They will be prompted to refer back to the information conveyed in one-on-one counselling session where they should try to create action plans that are specific and meaningful to them. The intervention will last for a total of four weeks with the outcomes being measured through questionnaires.

Behavioral: HAPA behavioural counselling + weekly HAPA worksheets

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will receive no intervention or further instruction past the letter of information.

Interventions

HAPA behavioural counselling + weekly HAPA worksheets BEHAVIORAL

Behavioural counselling grounded in the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA; ie., action planning and coping planning) paired with weekly HAPA based worksheets delivered through a mobile application, SEMA3, to reduce consecutive workplace sedentary behaviour.

mHealth HAPA Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• years of age or older
• full-time employee in a desk-based office job (work from home accepted)
• have access to a smartphone with internet connection
• can read and write in English

You may not qualify if:

• any medical or physical limitation that would prevent standing, stretching, and/or light physical activity

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Western University, Canada: lead

Study Sites (1)

The University of Western Ontario

London, Ontario, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Harry Prapavessis, Ph.D

  Western University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Model Details: Upon obtaining consent, eligible participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group. The study will run for eight weeks, with a four week intervention period and a follow-up at the end of week eight.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 17, 2022
• First Posted: January 31, 2022
• Study Start: March 8, 2022
• Primary Completion: July 30, 2022
• Study Completion: July 31, 2022
• Last Updated: March 1, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Locations

CA (1)