Investigating the Effectiveness of Exercise Coaching on the Physical Activity Behavior of Physically Inactive Employees.

Sedentary Lifestyle Clinical Trial

Official title:

Investigating the Effectiveness of Exercise Coaching on the Physical Activity Behavior of Physically Inactive Employees in a Company in Flanders: a Randomized Control Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01759927
• Other study ID #: S54788
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 30, 2012
• Last updated: December 2, 2015
• Start date: February 2013
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2015
• Source: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Belgium: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary aim of this study is to investigate if and how a physical activity counselor can offer an added value in exercise promotion in physically inactive employees. We will explore if the physical activity counselor in the workplace setting can motivate sedentary employees to engage into systematic participation in sports and/or exercise by means of a short term coaching of 12 weeks. We aim to include 300 employees in the physical activity coaching process.

Description:

Being physically active on a regular basis has many health benefits. Nevertheless, the majority of the Belgian population doesn't reach the recommended amount and intensity of physical activity to profit from these health benefits. A physical activity counselor can possibly play a crucial role for these physically inactive individuals. He/she can design an individualized exercise program to stimulate the person to become lifelong physical active. Research has shown that exercise promotion at work can result in a lower absenteeism, prevention of burn-out and a positive corporate identity.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 301
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: January 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Employee of Janssen Pharmaceutics Belgium

• Physically inactive lifestyle (not reaching 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity a week)

• PAR-Q questionnaire all answers negative, if one or more answers are positive a permission of a physician is necessary

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sedentary Lifestyle

Intervention

Behavioral:
• physical activity coaching
After measuring physical actity, physical fitness level, anthropometric and psychosocial variables a personalized 12 week physical activity program is made (=baseline). The intervention consisted of two face-to-face counselling sessions at the start of the intervention, short contacts by e-mail or telephone at weeks 3, 6 and 9, and two face-to-face counselling sessions at the end of the intervention. Employees exercise on their own. After 12 weeks and 6 months all measures are repeated.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences	Leuven	Vlaams Brabant

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven	Janssen Pharmaceutica

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Change in psycho-social variables	Measuring general and work related well-being, motivation to be physically active and social identification with the physical activity group	baseline, 12 weeks, 6 months	No
Primary	Change in objective measure of degree of physical activity	Sensewear: accelerometer worn on the upper arm during 7 consecutive days measuring the physical activity pattern during this period	baseline, 12 weeks, 6 months	No
Secondary	Change in health-related anthropometric measures	Weight, Abdominal circumference, Bodycomposition (fat- and musclepercentage)	baseline, 12 weeks, 6 months	No