Workers' Acceptability of a Prototype Integrated and Interactive Pedal Desk

Acceptability of Semi-recumbent Pedal Desk Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Workers' Acceptability of a Prototype Integrated and Interactive Pedal Desk

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01956071
• Other study ID #: PBRC 2013-050
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2014
• Est. completion date: April 2014

Study information

• Verified date: October 2018
• Source: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess full-time workers'impressions and acceptability of a prototype pedal desk. The pedal-desk is a semi-recumbent (upright) portable pedal mechanism that allows workers to complete tasks in a traditional seated position.

Description:

Researchers in recent years have begun to consider how modern occupational practices and environments could be enriched to facilitate increased energy expenditure by replacing sedentary behaviors with opportunities for non-exercise physical activity without competing with time committed to work tasks. The investigators have developed a pedal desk: a semi-recumbent (upright) portable pedal mechanism with a maneuverable and adaptable desktop. While utilizing the pedal desk, workers are able to complete their tasks in a more traditional seated position. Determining workers' acceptability is a key initial step in translating this "sedentary behavior countermeasure" to real workplace settings.

In addition to having their height, weight, body fat percentage, and bioelectrical impedance measured, eligible participants will be asked to complete three tasks while simultaneously pedaling at a sustainable and self-selected pace. The three tasks are: 1) compose and send an email; 2) search a topic on the internet, and 3) complete an on-line questionnaire. The questionnaire that participants will complete was developed specifically for this study, utilizes Likert scales, and is based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. Constructs tested focus on perceptions of using the pedal desk at work and include: behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs, control beliefs, intention, self-efficacy, and an open-ended question soliciting general impressions concerning using the pedal desk at work.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 44
• Est. completion date: April 2014
• Est. primary completion date: April 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• full-time employee at Pennington Biomedical Research Center

• between ages 21 and 65

• self-report primarily sitting while at work

• comfortable sending emails and searching topics on the internet

Exclusion Criteria:

• weigh more than 250 pounds

• have physical limitations that prevent performance of pedaling motions

• pregnancy

• pacemaker or metal joint replacement

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acceptability of Semi-recumbent Pedal Desk

Intervention

Device:
• WAPD
The objective was to assess workers' acceptability of the Pennington Pedal Desk.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Pennington Biomedical Research Center	Baton Rouge	Louisiana

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pedal Desk Trial Questionnaire	Full-time sedentary workers used the pedal desk for 15 minutes while they: 1) searched the internet, 2) composed an email, and 3) completed acceptability ratings using an online Likert scale anchored from 1/strongly disagree to 5/strongly agree. The Questionnaire assessed subjective opinions about exercise and use of the Pedal Desk. No subscale or total scores were generated, and there are no maximum or minimum values. Rather, the number and proportion of participants who rated "strongly agree", etc. on each item was calculated.	Visit 1