Clinical trial NCT02455986: The StepSmart Project: A Pedometer Based Phased Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity in Schools
Official title: A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Pedometer Based Phased Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity in Schools: A Feasibility Study.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Physical Activity
Health Behavior
Competitive Behavior
Incentives
Lead sponsor: Queen's University, Belfast
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-05-28
Enrollment: 240
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 12
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

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

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in physical activity as assessed by Actigraph accelerometer
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months and 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in mental wellbeing measured by the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months and 1 year
measure: Change in social support for physical activity measured by the social support for physical activity scale
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months and 1 year
measure: Change in future orientation and impulsivity measured using 8-item time preference scale
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 months and 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Queen's University, Belfast
name: Mark A Tully, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Corepal R, Best P, O'Neill R, Kee F, Badham J, Dunne L, Miller S, Connolly P, Cupples ME, van Sluijs EMF, Tully MA, Hunter RF. A feasibility study of 'The StepSmart Challenge' to promote physical activity in adolescents. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2019 Nov 17;5:132. doi: 10.1186/s40814-019-0523-5. eCollection 2019.
citation: Corepal R, Best P, O'Neill R, Tully MA, Edwards M, Jago R, Miller SJ, Kee F, Hunter RF. Exploring the use of a gamified intervention for encouraging physical activity in adolescents: a qualitative longitudinal study in Northern Ireland. BMJ Open. 2018 Apr 20;8(4):e019663. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019663.
citation: Best P, Badham J, Corepal R, O'Neill RF, Tully MA, Kee F, Hunter RF. Network methods to support user involvement in qualitative data analyses: an introduction to Participatory Theme Elicitation. Trials. 2017 Nov 23;18(1):559. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2289-5.