Exploratory study of motivational methods leading to habituation of exercise: "Walking for health, where each step taken helps to protect the lives and futures of children around the world"

Exploratory study of motivational methods leading to habituation of exercise: "Walking for health, where each step taken helps to protect the lives and futures of children around the world"-a randomized controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of charitable donations as a motivator for habituation of exercise - Exploratory study of the effectiveness of charitable donations as a motivator for regular physical activity

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000038449

Enrollment

Registered

2019-10-31

Start date

2019-04-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Workers (university faculty and staff) with low daily levels of walking (number of steps) who desire to increase the amount they walk

Interventions

Intervention group (charitable donationgroup) Intervention consists of donations to the Japan Committee for UNICEF

donations are calculated based on the amount of increase in average number of steps walked per day during the 3-month intervention period, compared with baseline walking levels (pre-intervention two-m

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -Nagasaki University employees (faculty and staff, including part-time staff) who desire to increase the number of steps walked. -Men and women aged 20 to 65 (participation by people up to 70 years old will be considered on an individual basis, upon request). -Average number of steps per day fewer than 9,000 (men) or 8,500 (women). -Individuals who are able to download the specified step-counting application to their smartphone and track the number of steps they take. -Individuals who consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -Employees who have difficulty walking. -Those people who, in a preliminary survey, are already walking more than the average daily step target (9,000 steps for men; 8,500 steps for women) established by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Increase in average number of steps walked per day compared with baseline (pre-intervention two-month average). 2. Degree of achievement of step targets. (Measured at 3 time points: immediately after, 3 months after, and 1 year after completion of intervention)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
A)Physical findings: -Height -Weight -Blood pressure -Waist circumference -Visceral fat mass(dual scan) B) Blood findings: -Biochemical tests (AST, ALT, LDL-C, HDL-C, Triglyceride, uric acid) -fasting blood glucose -Hormonal tests (Leptin, corticotropin, cortisol, testosterone, insulin-like growth factor 1, fasting insulin, Amylin, C-Peptide, Ghrelin, GIP, Glucagon, MCP-1/CCL2, Pancreatic Polypeptide(PP), PYY, TNFa) -Myokines (Apelin, BDNF, EPO, FABP-3, FGF-21, Fractalkine/CX3CL1, Follistatin-like Protein 1 (FSTL-1), IL-6, IL-15, Irisin, Leukemia Inhibitory Factor(LIF), Myostatin/GDF8, Oncostatin M(OSM), Osteocrin/Musclin, Osteonectin, SPARC) -Adipokines (Adiponectin, Adipsin/Factor D, NGAL/Lipocalin-2, PAI-1, Resistin) -Hormones and cytokines related to aging (CTACK/CCL27, GDF-11, GDF-15, GnRH, IL-10, IL-18, Jag1, Wnt-3a) C) Mental health screening: -Stress check (63 items, comprised of the 57-item Simple Occupational Stress Questionnaire and the 6-item K6 scale that measures psychological distress) -Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) -Subjective happiness survey -Degree of self-efficacy/self-affirmation (General Self-Efficacy Scale)	—

Measure

Time frame

A)Physical findings: -Height -Weight -Blood pressure -Waist circumference -Visceral fat mass(dual scan) B) Blood findings: -Biochemical tests (AST, ALT, LDL-C, HDL-C, Triglyceride, uric acid) -fasting blood glucose -Hormonal tests (Leptin, corticotropin, cortisol, testosterone, insulin-like growth factor 1, fasting insulin, Amylin, C-Peptide, Ghrelin, GIP, Glucagon, MCP-1/CCL2, Pancreatic Polypeptide(PP), PYY, TNFa) -Myokines (Apelin, BDNF, EPO, FABP-3, FGF-21, Fractalkine/CX3CL1, Follistatin-like Protein 1 (FSTL-1), IL-6, IL-15, Irisin, Leukemia Inhibitory Factor(LIF), Myostatin/GDF8, Oncostatin M(OSM), Osteocrin/Musclin, Osteonectin, SPARC) -Adipokines (Adiponectin, Adipsin/Factor D, NGAL/Lipocalin-2, PAI-1, Resistin) -Hormones and cytokines related to aging (CTACK/CCL27, GDF-11, GDF-15, GnRH, IL-10, IL-18, Jag1, Wnt-3a) C) Mental health screening: -Stress check (63 items, comprised of the 57-item Simple Occupational Stress Questionnaire and the 6-item K6 scale that measures psychological distress) -Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) -Subjective happiness survey -Degree of self-efficacy/self-affirmation (General Self-Efficacy Scale)

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactIkuko Sagara

Nagasaki University Center for Health and Community Medicine

ueki-fko@umin.ac.jp095-819-2214

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026

Exploratory study of motivational methods leading to habituation of exercise: &quot;Walking for health, where each step taken helps to protect the lives and futures of children around the world&quot;