Clinical trial NCT05281978: One Step at a Time: An Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior Among Working Adults
Official title: One Step at a Time: Testing the Efficacy of a Novel Social Cognitive Theory-Based Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior Among Working Adults
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sedentary Behavior
Exercise
Middle Age
Adult
Lead sponsor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-03-16
Enrollment: 88
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 45
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The proposed study will test the preliminary efficacy of a novel 12-week social cognitive theory-based intervention that will target reducing daily sitting time and increasing exercise participation among middle-aged working adults. This is a population highly susceptible to excessive sedentary time and low levels of exercise engagement. This two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) will examine the preliminary efficacy of decreasing sedentary time in addition to increasing moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) engagement, compared to a group which only receives MVPA promotion.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 45-65 years of age by study start date
* Hold full-time employment (≥ 30 hours/week) at one or more jobs
* Hold a sedentary-based job (which also allows for ability to freely move about during the workday)
* Low active (engage in ≤2 days of 30+ minutes of structured moderate-vigorous intensity exercise/week)
* Physician's consent to participate in aerobic testing and/or the exercise program (if needed based on Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire responses)
* Ambulatory
* Absence of health conditions that may be made worse by exercise
* Ability to complete all testing assessments in-person
* Access to a laptop/desktop/phone with Zoom web-conferencing software
* Fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria:

* Under 45 or over 65 years of age
* Not holding full-time employment (work \< 30 hours/week at one or more jobs)
* Hold a job(s) which is classified as light, medium, heavy, or very heavy work
* Hold a sedentary-based job which does not allow for free movement throughout the workday (i.e., bus driver)
* High active (engage in \> 2 days or 30+ minutes of structured moderate-vigorous intensity exercise/week)
* Non-consent of physician
* Non-ambulatory (i.e., use of walkers, wheelchair, cane, etc.)
* Presence of health conditions that may be made worse by exercise.
* Unable to complete assessments in-person
* No access to laptop/desktop/phone with Zoom software

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in average daily step counts
timeFrame: Baseline,12 weeks
measure: Changes in average daily sedentary time
timeFrame: Baseline,12 weeks
measure: Changes in average daily light-intensity physical activity
timeFrame: Baseline,12 weeks
measure: Changes in average daily moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Urbana
country: United States
facility: Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
state: Illinois
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
name: Neha P Gothe, MA, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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