Increasing physical activity: designing and testing a workplace intervention

A multicentre randomised interventional prevention trial to develop and evaluate a flexible intervention to promote physical activity within worksites

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN08807396

Enrollment

1300

Registered

2010-06-18

Start date

2006-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes

Interventions

Awareness, Motivation and Environment (AME): Using leaflets, self-monitoring tools and team challenges, and thus focused on making changes at the individual level (awareness and motivation) but also e

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Members of staff working at three organisations - a large bus company, a Welsh city council and a large teaching hospital (aged 18 - 65 years, either sex)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Anyone for whom physical activity would be dangerous to health

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Body mass index (BMI) 2. % body fat 3. Resting heart rate 4. Diastolic and systolic blood pressure Measured at baseline and again 12 months later.	—

Primary

Measure	Time frame
International Physical Activity Questionnaire, measured at baseline, immediately post-intervention (3 months), 6 months post-intervention and 9 months post-intervention.	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026