Physical Activity Intervention Among College Students

Physical Activity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Incorporating Wearable Technology Into Physical Activity Instructional Program: A Cluster Randomized Trial in University Settings

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03061357
• Other study ID #: 505314
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 9, 2017
• Last updated: February 17, 2017
• Start date: August 6, 2015
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: February 2017
• Source: Texas Tech University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project was to examine the effects of incorporating modern wearable technology into the credit-based Physical Activity Instructional Program for promoting habitual levels of physical activity among college students.

Description:

This project was a cluster randomized trial examining the effects of utilizing a wearable activity tracker in a credit-based Physical Activity Instructional Program on promoting habitual levels of physical activity (PA) in college students.

The project was conducted in a large public university located in the mid-south region of the US. The university offers more than one hundred 1-credit hour PAIPs per academic semester. Considering the pilot nature of the study, the target PAIPs was limited to those meeting the following inclusion criteria: 1) PAIP with a size of 30 students that generally show an approximately equal gender distribution; and 2) PAIP that delivers the principles and practice of individually tailored habitual activity plans. The investigators randomly selected 14 eligible PAIPs and assigned them into intervention (k=7) and control (k=7) groups. The outcome measures of interests were the changes in objectively and subjectively measured physical activity over an academic semester.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 187
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy college students who were enrolled in 1-credit physical activity instruction programs.

Exclusion Criteria:

• did not wish to participate;

• have currently used their own wearable activity tracker;

• indicated any major physical, psychiatric, or cardiovascular-related problems diagnosed by a physician.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Activity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Activity tracker
Misfit Flash (Misfit Wearables Co., Burlingame, CA) activity tracker

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Texas Tech University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline in objectively measured physical activity to 15 weeks	Physical activity was objectively measured using an ActiGraph Actitrainer (ActiGraph LLC, Pensacola, FL, USA) accelerometer.	baseline and 15 weeks
Secondary	Change from baseline in subjectively measured physical activity	Physical activity was subjectively measured using International Physical Activity Questionnaire.	baseline and 15 weeks