The StepSmart Project: A Pedometer Based Phased Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity in Schools

Physical Activity Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Pedometer Based Phased Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity in Schools: A Feasibility Study.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02455986
• Other study ID #: StepSmart
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: May 21, 2015
• Last updated: August 14, 2017
• Start date: April 2015
• Est. completion date: October 2016

Study information

• Verified date: August 2017
• Source: Queen's University, Belfast
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A school based pedometer competition among Year 9 pupils (12 - 14 years old) to promote physical activity (PA).

Description:

The intervention is separated into three main phases.

Phase One: A 10-week school competition using pedometers and a range of non-financial incentives e.g. t-shirts, pens, badges etc. (April - June 2015).

Phase Two: End of school competition but participants will still keep the pedometers. We will set them various challenges over the summer to keep active (July - Oct 2015).

Phase Three: Removal of all extrinsically motivation factors. Focus on PA maintenance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 240
• Est. completion date: October 2016
• Est. primary completion date: October 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

• aged 12-14 years

• enrolled in participating school

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to give informed consent

• Presence of an underlying medical conditions

• Already enrolled in a physical activity intervention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Competitive Behavior
• Health Behavior
• Incentives
• Physical Activity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• The StepSmart Challenge
A six month pedometer based intervention designed to increase Physical Activity in school children

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Queen's University, Belfast

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline in physical activity as assessed by Actigraph accelerometer	Actigraph accelerometer counts per minute and minutes of moderate and vigorous physical activity	Baseline, 6 months and 1 year
Secondary	Change in mental wellbeing measured by the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale	Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale is a validated, self-report instrument assessing mental wellbeing. Possible scores range from range from 14-70, with higher scores indicating higher mental well-being	Baseline, 6 months and 1 year
Secondary	Change in social support for physical activity measured by the social support for physical activity scale	Social support for physical activity scale is a validated 5-item scale. Social support is measured as tghe sum of responses to four sub-scales including parental social support (3 items), parental encouragement (2 items), peer support (3 items), and teacher support (3 items). Each question is answered with a 4-point response format ranging from 1 (hardly ever or never) to 4 (every day).	Baseline, 6 months and 1 year
Secondary	Change in future orientation and impulsivity measured using 8-item time preference scale	A previously validated 8-item time preference scale is included. Responses are summed to obtain a a future orientation and impulsivity score. High scores reflect future time orientation and greater impulsivity in decision making.	Baseline, 6 months and 1 year