None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Despite the benefits of physical activity, over half of Australian adults fail to meet the minimum recommended levels. Pedometers are an effective means of increasing physical activity, allowing instant feedback about the amount of activity accumulated. Recently, a number of new generation pedometers have been released that offer a variety of additional assessment and online feature, however the added value of these features has not been investigated. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two activity trackers and a traditional pedometer in increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior in healthy, inactive adults. It is hypothesised that the activity trackers will have increased comparative effectiveness for increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviour, than the pedometer. The outcomes of this study provide exploratory evidence of the effectiveness and feasibility of these new devices. Improving movement behaviors in the population can significantly reduce the risk of chronic disease and in turn, relieve the associated economic burden.
Interventions
Participants are randomly allocated to one of three groups based on their workplace. Each group randomly receives either a Fitbit ONE, Jawbone UP or Digi-Walker SW200 pedometer (PED) for 8-weeks and an orientation session to their respective device. In the first week, a one-hour group-based information session is conducted by a member of the research team to orient the participants to their devices and to provide technical support for set up. A second one-hour group-based face-to-face support s
Participants are randomly allocated to one of three groups based on their workplace. Each group randomly receives either a Fitbit ONE, Jawbone UP or Digi-Walker SW200 pedometer (PED) for 8-weeks and an orientation session to their respective device. In the first week, a one-hour group-based information session is conducted by a member of the research team to orient the participants to their devices and to provide technical support for set up. A second one-hour group-based face-to-face support session is conducted in week six to troubleshoot device issues and technical barriers to use. Participants received no education or encouragement to be more active or less sedentary in these sessions and no prescriptive instructions about how to use the device over the 8 weeks, other than that they are intended for daily wear and it was expected that participants would wear the monitors continuously for 8 weeks. Adherence was measured by tracking device analytics (e.g. steps) using either online accounts (participants in Fitbit ONE and Jawbone UP groups were asked to share their login details) or daily logs (for the Pedometer group). These data were manually extracted by a member of the research team throughout the intervention.
Sponsors
The University of Queensland
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Employed full-time in a desk-based role at one of three sites of a large metropolitan university, be aged between 18-65 years, own or have access to a smart phone, not be pregnant or planning pregnancy and doing less than 150 minutes of MVPA per week (i.e., below current PA recommendations), as measured by the Active Australia survey.
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed