Clinical trial NCT01587092: Workstation Pilot Study
Official title: WorkStation Pilot Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Obesity
Sedentary Lifestyle
Keywords: walking
physical activity
sedentary behavior
workplace
Lead sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2012-04-27
Enrollment: 41
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This is a pilot study to assess the feasibility of using treadmill desks (Workstations) within a Louisiana office workplace and to determine the effects of walking while working in overweight or obese, sedentary individuals.

Detailed description: Eligible participants will be randomized by chance to the WorkStation Intervention Group or to a Usual Working Condition Group.

The WorkStation Intervention Group will be asked to walk for up to 1.5 hours per day during the work week of Monday through Friday on the treadmill. Participants will complete two sessions per day for up to 45 minutes per session, tracking time and speed.

Usual Working Condition Group will be asked to continue working in usual environment and accustomed manner.

Regardless of which group the participants are assigned to, the participants will be asked to complete baseline and follow up assessment visits. Months 3 and 6 for approximately 1 hour for Body measurements (height, weight and waist circumference), body fat percent, gait speed, questionnaires, and accelerometry.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Males or females
* BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2
* Willing to give informed consent
* Willing to accept randomization to group assignment and willing to follow the protocol for the group to which they have been assigned
* Willing to maintain fulltime employment at the company for the next 6 months
* Willing to receive frequent contacts and communication from study staff over the next 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

* Current participation in other Pennington Biomedical research studies
* BMI \< 25 kg/m2
* Type 1 diabetes
* Average step count of ≥ 7,500 steps/day
* Self-reporting exercising \> 20 minutes on 3 or more days/wk, within the past 6 months
* Unable to walk 45 minutes continuously without taking a rest
* Unable to walk without the use of an assistive device, such as a cane or walker
* Have had a cardiovascular event (stroke or heart attack) in the past 6 months
* Have a pacemaker or any other internal electrical medical device
* Have been diagnosed with Schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
* Have any condition that would limit participation in a physical activity program
* Women who are pregnant, have been pregnant in the last 6 months, or are breastfeeding
* Actively participating in a weight loss program
* Plan to move out of the study area within the next 6 months or plan to be away from work for more than 4 weeks in the next 6 months
* Have another member of household participating in the study
* Have any condition, which, in the opinion of the investigator would impede competence or compliance or possibly hinder completion of the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Waist
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Weight Assessments
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Body Fat Percent
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Accelerometry
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Gait Speed
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Stress
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Fatigue
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Quality of life Questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Baton Rouge
country: United States
facility: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
state: Louisiana
Study officials:
affiliation: Principal Investigator
name: Catrine Tudor-Locke, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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