Evaluation of the "ActiveWaiting App" Encouraging Active Exercise-related Use of Waiting Time

NCT06321926 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 154/2023
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 33
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this study (waitlist control study) is to evaluate the effectiveness of the ActiveWaiting App on increasing physical activity and improving quality of life in physically inactive adults in Austria. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• on physical activity behaviour and
• on quality of life.

Conditions

Physical Inactivity

Keywords

sedentary behaviour; behaviour change; digital health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Amount of physical activity in minutes per day

  Participants are asked to report their physical activity twice a day (noon and evening).

  up to 2 weeks

• EQ VAS / EQ-5D-5L

  The EQ VAS (EuroQol Visual Analog Scale) is the last item in the EQ-5D-5L (EuroQol - 5 Dimension - 5 Level) Questionnaire. It records the respondent's overall current health on a visual analogue scale. The endpoints are labelled as 'The best health you can imagine' (=100) and 'The worst health you can imagine' (=0). The EQ VAS provides a quantitative measure of the person's perception of their overall health and is used in this study.

  up to 2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• App usage - exercise session length

  7 days

• App usage - total duration per session

  7 days

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the intervention group use the ActiveWaiting App for one week.

Device: ActiveWaiting App

Waitlist control group

OTHER

Participants in the waitlist control group go through a one-week control period without any intervention first, before they are using the app for one week.

Device: ActiveWaiting App

Interventions

ActiveWaiting App DEVICE

The final prototype aims at increasing physical activity during the day by providing exercises for waiting periods and other idle time periods. The user can choose from a pool of exercises from five different categories (11 exercises for endurance, 65 exercises for strength, 67 exercises for flexibility, 11 exercises for relaxation, or 5 exercises for balance). Additionally, within each category, the user can choose only "discrete" exercises which are not noticeable to an observer. If the user has used the app before, the last or previously saved settings can be chosen. Every input field has an information icon showing a short description of the input field.

Intervention group; Waitlist control group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• a sedentary lifestyle (expressed in a full to part-time sedentary job)
• using a smart phone seven days a week
• ability to operate an app on the smart phone
• age between 18 and 65 years

You may not qualify if:

• prior usage of the ActiveWaiting App
• achieving the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for physical activity (assessed via Rapid Assessment of physical Activity RAPA)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention: lead

Study Sites (1)

FH Campus Wien

Vienna, Austria

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Outcomes will be selected via lime survey. Allocation to the groups will be concealed.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Participants are assigned to the intervention group or the waitlist control group. The intervention group uses the ActiveWaiting App for a week, the waitlist control group starts with a control period (one week), before using the App for a week.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 27, 2024
• First Posted: March 20, 2024
• Study Start: April 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: June 24, 2024
• Study Completion: June 24, 2024
• Last Updated: June 25, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

AU (1)