Clinical trial NCT03513341: Levels of Daily Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Maastricht University's Undergraduate First Year Students
Official title: Levels of Daily Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Maastricht University's Undergraduate First Year Students
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Physical Activity
Sedentary Lifestyle
Keywords: Physical activity
Sedentary behaviour
Undergraduate
Lead sponsor: Maastricht University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-05-01
Enrollment: 335
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Maastricht University 2017-2018 First Year Students

Brief summary: This study explores the levels of daily physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Maastricht University's undergraduate first year students. Furthermore, this study explores the correlations between the students' demographical background information with their levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviour.

Detailed description: Participants are randomly recruited from the student population. The participants are invited to complete a demographics questionnaire, wear an ActivPAl accelerometer for 7 days, and complete daily diaries (modified International Physical Activity Questionnaire) throughout the 7 days.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Matriculated Maastricht University 2017-2018 First Year Student

Exclusion Criteria:

* Student of Maastricht University's Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) course. This is because the MSP students are undergoing another intervention (i.e., long term use of standing desks) introduced by the same team of researchers.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping) measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer
timeFrame: 7 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Correlations (r) between age (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between gender (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between height (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between weight (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between race/ethnicity (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between nationality (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between living area (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between education status (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between commuting status (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between employment status (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between living status (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between social class (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between gym or sports club membership (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between sleep duration (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between smoking status (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between smoking type (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between smoking frequency (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: Correlations (r) between alcohol consumption (measured with a Demographics Questionnaire) and time (minutes) spent in various activities (sleeping, being sedentary, standing and stepping; measured by the ActivPAL accelerometer)
timeFrame: 7 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Maastricht
country: Netherlands
facility: Maastricht University
state: Limburg
Study officials:
affiliation: Maastricht University
name: Hui Qing Chim
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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