Non-clinical population
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Through the app-based and individualized health program from the Aeroscan company participants receive a 100-days access to micro-interventions (i.e., short video clips including concrete exe
exercise and task suggestions in accordance with participants’ interests. Exercise and task suggestions rotate regularly and depend on the participant’s balance progress. Exercise and task suggestions
Sponsors
MSH Medical School Hamburg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Employees of different hospitals and care facilities. Access to smartphone or PC/laptop. Sufficient knowledge of the German language and ability to comprehend and process assessment and instruction material.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: No affiliation to hospital or care facility. Insufficient knowledge of the German language and the study material; <18 years, no access to smartphone or PC/laptop. Pre-existing disease of the musculoskeletal system, affecting for example the spine or intervertebral discs, or diseases such as osteoporosis or arthrosis, for which deteriorations are expected through trial participation. The degree of any pre-existing disease can exclude participants from the trial
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase in automaticity with regard to physical activity, nutrition, and mindfulness behavior across 100 days post baseline. Automaticity is weekly assessed across 100 days (booking date +7, +14, +21, +35, +42, +49, +63, +70, +77, +84, +91) and 6 months post baseline (follow-up) with the Self Report Behavioral Automaticity Index (SRBAI, Gardner et al., 2012; Thurn et al., 2014). Changes in intention, outcome expectancy, self-efficacy and action planning for the behaviors a) physical activity, b) nutrition, c) mindfulness from baseline to 4 months. Intention, outcome expectancy, self-efficacy and action planning regarding physical activity, nutrition and mindfulness behavior are assessed three times (booking date +0, booking date +99, 6 months post baseline). Intention is assessed with an adopted scale based on Schwarzer et al., 2003, outcome expectancy and action planning are assessed with an adopted scale based on Schwarzer et al., 2007 and self-efficacy is assessed with an adopted scale based on Schwarzer et al., 2009. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in health behavior (assessed at baseline and post-intervention, i.e., booking date +0 and +99, and 6 months post baseline) assessed through physical activity behavior, healthy nutrition and mindfulness behavior. Physical activity is assessed with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ, IPAQ Research Committee, 2005), healthy nutrition is assessed with the Food Frequency List adapted according to Winkler & Döring (1998) and mindfulness is assessed with the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI, Buchheld & Walach, 2002). Changes in health status (assessed at baseline and post-intervention, i.e., booking date +0 and +99, and 6 months post baseline) assessed through perceived stress, back pain, emotional well-being, body mass index, subjective health (physical and psychological). Perceived stress is assessed with the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS4, Cohen, 1983), back pain is assessed with one single item focusing on subjective and one single item focusing on chronic back pain, emotional well-being is assessed with WHO-5 questionnaire (Psychiatric Research Unit, WHO, 1998), Body Mass Index (assessed at baseline only, i.e., booking date +0) composed of body weight and height, subjective health (physical and mental) is assessed with a single items. Process evaluation: the perceived acceptance, practicability, operability of the app assessed by means of questionnaires and standardized interview upon intervention completion. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAnna Vogelsang
MSH Medical School Hamburg
Outcome results
None listed