Clinical trial NCT02794727: Physical Activity in the Medical Workplace
Official title: Physical Activity in the Medical Workplace- a Way to Improve Physical and Mental Well-being?
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Lead sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-06-09
Enrollment: 135
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Decreased physical activity is not only associated with multiple chronic medical conditions, including obesity, but also with depressed mood, and other negative emotions. As many employed adults spend a great deal of time at work where we are predominantly sedentary, strategies to increase physical activity at work are being pursued to help improve the physical and mental health of Americans. This 17 week randomized controlled trial will investigate changes of occupational physical activity in three groups: those provided with a FitBit® but not able to monitor their activity level, and those provided with activity goals and individual physical activity challenges, and those who do not use a FitBit®.

Detailed description: All subjects will be entered into a 4 week run-in phase where subjects will wear a blinded Fitbit during work hours. The baseline work activity is collected at this time. This phase is followed by a randomization to one of 3 groups: the blinded Fitbit group, the unblinded Fitbit group, and the group which will not wear any activity monitors. During these 12 weeks we will collect data on activity levels during work hours. Everyone will have a final contact at week 17 to close out the study.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Be between 18 - 65 years of age
* Be a Mayo Clinic employee at 0.75 FTE or more
* Have no previous use of any activity monitor for 14 consecutive days or more
* Not be pregnant by subject self report
* Have a stable weight - defined as self-reported weight that has not changed more than 10% in the past 3 months
* Not have any previous history of joint problems that limit free movement, as determined by the PI
* Be able to participate fully in all aspects of the study
* Have understood and signed study informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have a known history of any condition or factor judged by the investigator to preclude participation in the study or which might hinder adherence or skew data collection - such as a position where they predominantly provide transport as part of their job.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Fitbit Step Count Per Day
timeFrame: Baseline through Week 16
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: Mayo Clinic in Rochester
state: Minnesota
Study officials:
affiliation: Mayo Cinic
name: Ivana T Croghan, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Mayo Clinic
name: Ryan T Hurt, MD, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Mayo Clinic
name: Sanjeev Nanda, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Mayo Clinic
name: Sara Bonnes, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Nanda S, Hurt RT, Croghan IT, Mundi MS, Gifford SL, Schroeder DR, Fischer KM, Bonnes SL. Improving Physical Activity and Body Composition in a Medical Workplace Using Brief Goal Setting. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2019 Oct 16;3(4):495-505. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2019.07.002. eCollection 2019 Dec.