Motion sensors in a health promotion programme for healthcare workers doing shift work

The effectiveness of motion sensors in a health promotion programme for healthcare staff on shift work: a randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN16420147

Enrollment

Registered

2019-07-02

Start date

2018-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-07-29

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Conditions

Health behaviours of healthcare staff on shift work Not Applicable Health behaviours of healthcare staff on shift work

Interventions

An independent research agent will use computer statistical software to generate random sequence numbers for allocating participants into the intervention and control groups. The generated number for

for the control group, they will be disabled. Participants in both groups will be asked to wear the motion sensor for most of each day of the study period. Participants in both groups are asked to att

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 years or older 2. Health care professionals 3. Shift work 4. Working in a mental hospital (Tsaotun Psychiatric Centre)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Unable to participate in the health promotion programmes for any reason 2. Unable to wear motion sensors for most of a single day during the period of study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Attendance rate to the health promotion programme, assessed by tracking how many times participants attend the programme over the course of the 24 week programme 2. Completeness of daily personal health behaviour log, assessed using the total number of completed logs at the end of the 24 week programme	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
All secondary outcome measures will be assessed by 2 members of the research group who are blind to the assigned group of the participants and will be assessed at the baseline, after 12 weeks and after 24 weeks (end of the intervention): 1. Objective measurements including changes in the following: 1.1. Physical efficiency index (PEI), assessed by measuring heart rate after exercise according to the Harvard Step Test 1.2. Body mass index (BMI), assessed using personal bodymetrics (weight in kg divided by height in m, squared (kg/m²)) 1.3. Body fat, assessed using skinfold calipers at the biceps, triceps, subscapular and suprailiac areas 2. Subjective measurements, including the following: 2.1. Self-developed questionnaires measuring health behaviours 2.2. EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) 2.3. General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES)	—

Measure

Time frame

All secondary outcome measures will be assessed by 2 members of the research group who are blind to the assigned group of the participants and will be assessed at the baseline, after 12 weeks and after 24 weeks (end of the intervention): 1. Objective measurements including changes in the following: 1.1. Physical efficiency index (PEI), assessed by measuring heart rate after exercise according to the Harvard Step Test 1.2. Body mass index (BMI), assessed using personal bodymetrics (weight in kg divided by height in m, squared (kg/m²)) 1.3. Body fat, assessed using skinfold calipers at the biceps, triceps, subscapular and suprailiac areas 2. Subjective measurements, including the following: 2.1. Self-developed questionnaires measuring health behaviours 2.2. EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) 2.3. General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES)

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Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

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