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Conditions
Brief summary
A randomised controlled trial will be conducted to determine the efficacy of two physical activity (PA) counselling strategies on PA behaviour over a 12 month period amongst insufficiently active adults attending general practices in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Hunter, and Inner West Sydney areas of New South Wales. Participants will be randomly allocated to one of 3 groups: a) face-to-face counselling by an exercise specialist; b) one face-to-face visit followed by telephone counselling by an exercise specialist; or c) receive generic print materials in the mail promoting PA. The primary outcomes will be pedometer steps at 12 months.
Interventions
There are three study arms.
Arm 1 (face-to-face counselling): Participants will receive 5 face-to-face visits with an exercise physiologist (EP) over a 3 month period from randomisation. The EP will conduct a fitness assessment at the first visit (1-hour)and a written exercise plan will be negotiated in consultation with the patient. At follow-up sessions (30 minutes), the EP will work with the patient in setting and reviewing goals, motivaton, and discussing barriers and ways to overcome these.
There are three study arms. Arm 1 (face-to-face counselling): Participants will receive 5 face-to-face visits with an exercise physiologist (EP) over a 3 month period from randomisation. The EP will conduct a fitness assessment at the first visit (1-hour)and a written exercise plan will be negotiated in consultation with the patient. At follow-up sessions (30 minutes), the EP will work with the patient in setting and reviewing goals, motivaton, and discussing barriers and ways to overcome these. Arm 2 (face-to-face and telephone counselling): Participants will attend the same initial 1-hour face-to-face appointment with an EP as Arm 1. Follow-up will be via 4 telephone calls by the same EP. The visit and calls will occur within a 3 month period from randomisation. Arm 3: Printed materials giving physical activity advice on one occasion at randomisation.
Sponsors
University of Newcastle
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Primary care patients * Aged 18 years or older * Insufficiently active, defined by 7 days of step counts with average step count of less than 7000 steps per day * Fluent in English * Able to give informed consent * Telephone access * Planning to live in greater Newcastle/Hunter region or Inner West Sydney areas for the next 12 months
Exclusion criteria
* Too frail/disabled to benefit from either of the interventions (as measured by Timed Up and Go 3 metre test). Participants need to be able to complete the test within 19.9 seconds to be eligible. This is used as part of the initial screening, prior to randomisation. * Deemed unsafe to exercise following exercise physiologist assessment (post-randomisation).
Outcome results
None listed