Moving To Business: Promoting Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Office-based Companies in Finland

Physical Activity Clinical Trial

— MTB  

Official title:

Moving To Business: Promoting Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Office-based Companies in Finland (MTB)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01999205
• Other study ID #: 175
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 1, 2013
• Last updated: December 7, 2015
• Start date: November 2013
• Est. completion date: May 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2015
• Source: UKK Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Finland: National Advisory Board on Health Care Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The participants are twelve small or middle-sized companies. Baseline information about the company's practices and employees' physical activity is collected in November 2013 with questionnaires and accelerometers. A team is nominated in each company to develop company's practices in relation to promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior among employees. The teams are supported with materials and meetings and the opportunity to obtain physical activity services from the regional offices of the Finnish Sports Confederation. The development process is carried out in Fall 2013 and the actions to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior are implemented in the companies during spring and fall 2014. The follow-up evaluation with the same measures as at baseline will be conducted in November 2014 and depending on financing possibly also in November to assess the maintenance of the actions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 396
• Est. completion date: May 2015
• Est. primary completion date: February 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• companies: number of employees 15-150 (small or middle-sized)

• employees: all voluntary employees

Exclusion Criteria:

• companies: less than 15 or more than 150 employees

• employees: none

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Activity
• Sedentary Behavior
• Work Ability

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Physical activity promotion
A nominated team in each participating company develops a plan to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior of the employees.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Finland	The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research	Tampere	Pirkanmaa

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
UKK Institute	Etelä-Karjalan Liikunta ja Urheilu ry, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finnish Sports Confederation, Hämeen Liikunta ja Urheilu ry, Päijät-Hämeen Liikunta ja urheilu ry

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Finland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Employees' participation in staff physical activity	Change in employees' self-reported (questionnaire) participation in staff physical activity from baseline to 12 months.	One year	No
Primary	Physical activity and sedentary behavior	Change in the accelerometer-determined and self-reported (questionnaire) physical activity and sedentary behavior of the employees from baseline to 12 months.	One year	Yes
Secondary	Work ability	Change in the self-reported work ability (questionnaire scale from 0 to 10) from baseline to 12 months.	One year	No

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