Be Fit in Residency: a Randomized Controlled Trial of an Activity Device Among Medicine Residents

Physical Activity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Be Fit in Residency: a Randomized Controlled Trial of an Activity Device Among Medicine Residents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01287208
• Other study ID #: 2010-P-001271
• Secondary ID: 1K23HL093221
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 28, 2011
• Last updated: December 4, 2017
• Start date: October 2010
• Est. completion date: June 2011

Study information

• Verified date: December 2017
• Source: Massachusetts General Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main objective of this study is to test an intervention to increase the physical activity of medical residents, an employee population with little time for exercise. Specifically, the aims of this study are:

1. To determine if providing medical residents with an activity device that measures steps, distance, and calories burned and tracks this information over time on a website increases residents' physical activity levels as measured by number of steps per day compared to a control group using a blinded activity device (no feedback).

2. To determine if an unblinded team competition using the activity device directly following the randomized phase increases residents' activity level compared to baseline.

3. To determine if activity level is associated with change in weight during the residency year.

4. To determine if the average hours of sleep per week is associated with changes in weight and with activity level.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 104
• Est. completion date: June 2011
• Est. primary completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Massachusetts General Hospital medicine resident

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Activity

Intervention

Device:
• Activity monitor
The activity monitor is an accelerometer that records steps, distance, calories, and sleep
• Activity device
Accelerometer that has all the steps, distance, calories, and sleep data blinded to the study subject

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Massachusetts General Hospital	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Steps Per Day	Steps will be recorded on the activity device	12 weeks
Secondary	Distance Per Day	Distance in miles recorded on activity device.	12 weeks
Secondary	Calories Burned Per Day	Total calories burned per day recorded on activity device. This secondary outcome was not measured in the trial.	12 weeks
Secondary	Weight		6 months
Secondary	Hours of Sleep Per Night	Number of hours slept per night as recorded on activity device.; This secondary outcome was not measured in the trial.	12 weeks