Moving To Business: Promoting Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Office-based Companies in Finland

Moving To Business: Promoting Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Office-based Companies in Finland (MTB)

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01999205

Acronym

MTB

Enrollment

396

Registered

2013-12-03

Start date

2013-11-30

Completion date

2015-05-31

Last updated

2015-12-08

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Conditions

Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Work Ability

Keywords

workplace, intervention, physical activity, sedentary behavior, evaluation

Brief summary

The participants are twelve small or middle-sized companies. Baseline information about the company's practices and employees' physical activity is collected in November 2013 with questionnaires and accelerometers. A team is nominated in each company to develop company's practices in relation to promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior among employees. The teams are supported with materials and meetings and the opportunity to obtain physical activity services from the regional offices of the Finnish Sports Confederation. The development process is carried out in Fall 2013 and the actions to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior are implemented in the companies during spring and fall 2014. The follow-up evaluation with the same measures as at baseline will be conducted in November 2014 and depending on financing possibly also in November to assess the maintenance of the actions.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPhysical activity promotion

A nominated team in each participating company develops a plan to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior of the employees.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* companies: number of employees 15-150 (small or middle-sized) * employees: all voluntary employees

Exclusion criteria

* companies: less than 15 or more than 150 employees * employees: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Physical activity and sedentary behavior	One year	Change in the accelerometer-determined and self-reported (questionnaire) physical activity and sedentary behavior of the employees from baseline to 12 months.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Work ability	One year	Change in the self-reported work ability (questionnaire scale from 0 to 10) from baseline to 12 months.

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Employees' participation in staff physical activity	One year	Change in employees' self-reported (questionnaire) participation in staff physical activity from baseline to 12 months.

Countries

Finland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026