Activity Snippets for Sustainable Promotion of Physical Activity in Everyday Working Life (ActivitySnippets)

NCT06880211 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 054/2025
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The ActivitySnippets study will investigate the effects of short activity snippets on the sedentary behavior of bus and tram drivers. The main research question is: Do activity snippets increase the amount of time bus and tram drivers spend in a physically active state and reduce the amount of sedentary time during working hours? This research question will be investigated with a randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

Physical Inactivity

Keywords

Physical Inactivity; Bus driver; Tram driver; activity snippets; Promotion of physical activity; Company health management

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The additional effect of short activity snippets, integrated into the daily work routine of bus and tram drivers, on the physical activity behavior compared to general physical activity recommendations.

  Physical activity behavior will be quantified with the MATRIX ACTIVITY MONITOR, an activity tracker from Parmay Tech. This tracker will investigate the physical activity behavior for 7 days at each time point.

  From enrollment to the end of the 16 weeks intervention phase.

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• The additional effect of short activity snippets, integrated into the daily work routine of bus and tram drivers, on daily steps compared to general physical activity recommendations.

  From enrollment to the end of the 16 weeks intervention phase.

• The additional effect of short activity snippets, integrated into the daily work routine of bus and tram drivers, on muscular strength compared to general physical activity recommendations.

  From enrollment to the end of the 16 weeks intervention phase.

• The additional effect of short activity snippets, integrated into the daily work routine of bus and tram drivers, on flexibility compared to general physical activity recommendations.

  From enrollment to the end of the 16 weeks intervention phase.

• The additional effect of short activity snippets, integrated into the daily work routine of bus and tram drivers, on perceived stress compared to general physical activity recommendations.

  From enrollment to the end of the 16 weeks intervention phase.

• The additional effect of short activity snippets, integrated into the daily work routine of bus and tram drivers, on helth-related quality of life compared to general physical activity recommendations.

  From enrollment to the end of the 16 weeks intervention phase.

Study Arms (2)

physical activity recommendations

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group will receive the latest World Health Organization recommendations for physical activity for 16 weeks.

Other: physical activity recommendations

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EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group will receive a set of activity snippets for 16 weeks, consisting of a series of short exercises designed to improve muscle strength, increase physical activity levels at work and reduce stress.

Other: activitysnippets

Interventions

physical activity recommendations OTHER

The participants (bus and tram drivers) in the control group will receive the latest World Health Organization recommendations for physical activity in written form.

physical activity recommendations

activitysnippets OTHER

Participants (bus and tram drivers) in the intervention group will receive the ActivitySnippets toolbox. The toolbox was developed through collaborative workshops with the target group, sports scientists and physiotherapists to create a sustainable, occupation-specific and evidence-based physical activity promotion. The toolbox, which provides simple incentives to integrate physical activity into everyday working life, consists of 30 to 40 activity snippets (exercise cards). The design of the toolbox allows for individualization and variation of the exercise cards. The aim of the exercises is to improve muscle strength, increase physical activity levels at work and reduce stress. All exercises can be performed for between 10 and 60 seconds, allowing for realistic implementation in everyday working life. Participants are encouraged to incorporate the exercises into their daily work routine as often as possible.

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Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• men and women
• Employees who are actively working as bus or tram drivers for the company "Stadtwerke Krefeld".

You may not qualify if:

• Persons who work in other areas of the company "Stadtwerke Krefeld".
• Persons who are not actively employed as bus and/or tram drivers.
• Bus and/or tram drivers employed by other companies or subcontractors
• Persons who have not agreed in writing to take part in the study.
• Persons who have not signed the loan agreement for the activity tracker.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences: lead
• Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Hochschule Niederrhein, University of Applied Sciences

Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, 47805, Germany

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Polo-Lopez A, Calatayud J, Lopez-Bueno L, Nunez-Cortes R, Andersen LL, Lopez-Bueno R. Dose-response association of an accelerometer-measured physical activity with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease incidence: Prospective cohort with 76,074 participants. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2024 Nov-Dec;87:2-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2024.10.004. Epub 2024 Oct 9.

  PMID: 39389333 RESULT

• Brodie A, Pavey T, Newton C, Sendall MC. Australian bus drivers' modifiable and contextual risk factors for chronic disease: A workplace study. PLoS One. 2021 Jul 29;16(7):e0255225. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255225. eCollection 2021.

  PMID: 34324584 RESULT

• Koemel NA, Ahmadi MN, Biswas RK, Koster A, Atkin AJ, Sabag A, Stamatakis E. Can incidental physical activity offset the deleterious associations of sedentary behaviour with major adverse cardiovascular events? Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jan 6;32(1):77-85. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwae316.

  PMID: 39325719 RESULT

• Varela-Mato V, Yates T, Stensel DJ, Biddle SJ, Clemes SA. Time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: A pilot study. Prev Med Rep. 2015 Dec 3;3:36-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.11.011. eCollection 2016 Jun.

  PMID: 26844184 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Lukas Streese-Schüler, Dr. sc. med.

  Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr. sc. med.

Model Details: Subjects will be randomized to an intervention group or a control group. The intervention group will receive activity snippets for 16 weeks. The control group will receive WHO recommendations for physical activity.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2025
• First Posted: March 17, 2025
• Study Start: March 19, 2025
• Primary Completion: February 7, 2026
• Study Completion: February 7, 2026
• Last Updated: February 10, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

DE (1)