Physical activity Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Phase I - review of resources, focus groups with employees, interviews with employers to finalise intervention.
Phase II - exploratory trial in 12 workplaces, process evaluation and assessment of cos
Walkingworks.org.uk
Livingstreets.org]. The training will include communication strategies to give the Walk to Work promoters the confidence to encourage other employees to walk to work. The aim will be a maximum of 25 p
Sponsors
University of Bristol (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Employees in 12 workplaces in Bristol who live within two miles of their workplace and are able to walk to work but do not usually walk or cycle to work.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Employees who live more than 2 miles from the workplace 2. Employees who usually walk or cycle to work 3. Employees who are disabled in relation to walking to work 4. Employees whose job involves regular driving throughout the day, for example delivery drivers or sales representatives, where their vehicle is not parked at the workplace overnight and they usually set off from home in the workplace vehicle
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Trial design: 1. Workplace recruitment and retention rates 2. Employee eligibility, recruitment and retention rates 3. Sample size calculation with estimation of potential clustering within workplaces and potential feasible differences in outcome Physical activity 1. Percentage of eligible employees walking to work 2. Eligible employees? overall level of physical activity | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physical activity: 1. Eligible employees level of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) 2. Temporal pattern of physical activity (when activity has increased and any compensatory decrease) 3. Objective measure of route taken and physical activity associated with journey Process: 1. Context, delivery and receipt of the intervention from the perspectives of employers, Walk to Work promoters, employees 2. Evidence of social patterning in uptake of walking to work (socio-economic status, age, gender, location) 3. Identified interpersonal, intrapersonal, community and organisational facilitators and barriers to walking to work Health economics 1. Costs and benefits to employers of implementing the scheme 2. Costs and benefits to employees of participating in the scheme 3. Health service use for general health problems and specific commuting related adverse events | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed