NCT06754007

Brief Summary

Despite innate knowledge of the benefits of regular physical activity, healthcare workers are just as physically inactive as the general population. Physical activity interventions delivered at the workplace seem perfect to improve the health of this large population. The aim of the study is to deliver an efficacious, minimal time impost training program targeted at optimising health benefit while overcoming time-related barriers to initial uptake of regular exercise.

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Enrollment
60

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Jan 2025

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

December 17, 2024

Completed
14 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

December 31, 2024

Completed
2 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

January 2, 2025

Completed
5 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 1, 2025

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

August 1, 2025

Completed
Last Updated

February 14, 2025

Status Verified

December 1, 2024

Enrollment Period

5 months

First QC Date

December 17, 2024

Last Update Submit

February 13, 2025

Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle

Keywords

Sedentaryhealthcare workers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Physical work capacity

    A standard physical work capacity test based on the linear relationship between heart rate, power output and oxygen consumption will estimate the work capacity. The higher the heart rate, the better the physical work capacity. Minimum value of heart rate is 155 bpm and maximum value is 199 bpm.

    From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • Muscular Strength

    From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks

  • BMI

    From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks

  • Body Fat

    From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

30 participants will be randomised into the CONTROL group and will continue to perform their normal activities. They will only be required to keep a log of their exercise intensity for each week over the 4-week period and record them on an online diary. The exercise log/diary consists of type of exercise, e.g. resistance or aerobic and duration of exercise session.

ROPES

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention is a 4-week training exercise program conducted by trained Physiotherapists.

Procedure: ROPES Training Programme

Interventions

ROPES Training ProgrammePROCEDURE

ROPES is a training programme that involves resistance training, whole-body exercises and HIIT aerobic sessions with each session lasting no longer than 45 minutes.

ROPES

Eligibility Criteria

Age21 Years - 70 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Age group: 21 - 70 years old
  • All participants must be free of musculoskeletal, surgical and/or neurological injury in the past 6 months.
  • Participants not engaged actively in regular exercise i.e. exercises less than once a week and at a duration less than 30 mins per session.
  • Healthy with stable management of any existing diabetes, cholesterol and/or hypertension.
  • They should have no issues with the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)

You may not qualify if:

  • Participants under the age of 21 or over the age of 70
  • Newly diagnosed diabetes/metabolic syndrome/high cholesterol or uncontrolled high BP \>160 mmHg and under medical supervision.
  • Subjects with cardiovascular conditions and on beta-blockers.
  • Subjects who are pregnant or with recent (\< 3 months) diagnosis of a medical condition, especially cardiac-related conditions.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Singapore General Hospital

Singapore, Singapore

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Celia Ia Choo Tan, PhD (Dept of Surgery)

CONTACT

+65 63265281celia.tan.i.c@singhealth.com.sg

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE CARE
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Senior Principal Physiotherapist

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

December 17, 2024

First Posted

December 31, 2024

Study Start

January 2, 2025

Primary Completion

June 1, 2025

Study Completion

August 1, 2025

Last Updated

February 14, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations

SG(1)