Hypokinesia Clinical Trial
Official title:
Be Healthy, So Easy: FAMILY Education Project
The goal of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a family-focused, interactive, and
theory-based intervention to reduce the sedentary behavior and increase physical activity,
family communication and well-being of the participants.
The intervention is to use Zero-time Exercise, the positive psychology theme "Appreciation
and Gratitude" [23, 24], and role modelling approach to get sedentary people to start
exercising, increase levels of physical activity, family communication and well-being of the
participants and their family members.
The intervention aims to encourage positive and sustainable health actions among participants
and their family members.
Lack of physical activity is a behavioural risk for non-communicable diseases. The World
Health Organization (WHO) reported that physical inactivity and unhealthy diets are two of
the four main behavioural risk factors that contribute to non-communicable diseases.
Globally, people who are overweight and obese, particularly if these people are physically
inactive. They are at risk for morbidity and mortality.
Hong Kong-specific data demonstrates that many people cannot meet World Health Organization
targets for physical activity. The Hong Kong Behavioural Risk Factor Survey reported that,
for the seven days prior to the survey, about half (52.0%) of adults aged 18-64 had not done
any moderate physical activity. Overall, only 37.5% of the respondents met the WHO's
recommended physical activity level of at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of
vigorous physical activity a week for adults.
There is emerging evidence of effective behavioral interventions to decrease sedentary
behavior. Some studies focused on reducing screen time or active workstations that encourage
standing at the computer. Others focus on increased use of stairs instead of lifts. These
interventions used behaviour change techniques such as goal-setting and behavioural
self-monitoring. As previous approaches have not shown promising results, new approaches are
needed to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase exercise or physical activity.
The goal of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a family-focused, interactive, and
theory-based intervention to reduce the sedentary behavior and increase physical activity of
the participants.
The intervention is to use Zero-time Exercise, the positive psychology theme "Appreciation
and Gratitude", and role modelling approach to get sedentary people to start exercising,
increase levels of physical activity, family communication and well-being of the participants
and their family members. The intervention aims to encourage positive and sustainable health
actions among participants and their family members.
Needs assessment and focus group interview will be conducted before program design and after
conducting the training, respectively. Process evaluation will be performed to evaluate the
process of each component of the program. Qualitative and quantitative assessments will be
used to evaluate the effectiveness of this Zero-time Exercise intervention.
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