Sedentary Lifestyle
Conditions
Keywords
Sedentary, healthcare workers
Brief summary
Despite innate knowledge of the benefits of regular physical activity, healthcare workers are just as physically inactive as the general population. Physical activity interventions delivered at the workplace seem perfect to improve the health of this large population. The aim of the study is to deliver an efficacious, minimal time impost training program targeted at optimising health benefit while overcoming time-related barriers to initial uptake of regular exercise.
Detailed description
To evaluate the effectiveness of a 4-week, easily accessible, time-optimised exercise program (ROPES - Rapid Optimisation of Performance Enhancement and Skill) for healthcare workers. 60 staff recruited from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will be randomly assigned into 2 groups, CONTROL or ROPES group. The ratio to intervention and control group is at 1:1. The staff will be assigned to each group respectively.
Interventions
PROCEDUREROPES Training Programme
ROPES is a training programme that involves resistance training, whole-body exercises and HIIT aerobic sessions with each session lasting no longer than 45 minutes.
Sponsors
Singapore General Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age group: 21 - 70 years old * All participants must be free of musculoskeletal, surgical and/or neurological injury in the past 6 months. * Participants not engaged actively in regular exercise i.e. exercises less than once a week and at a duration less than 30 mins per session. * Healthy with stable management of any existing diabetes, cholesterol and/or hypertension. * They should have no issues with the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)
Exclusion criteria
* Participants under the age of 21 or over the age of 70 * Newly diagnosed diabetes/metabolic syndrome/high cholesterol or uncontrolled high BP \>160 mmHg and under medical supervision. * Subjects with cardiovascular conditions and on beta-blockers. * Subjects who are pregnant or with recent (\< 3 months) diagnosis of a medical condition, especially cardiac-related conditions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Physical work capacity | From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks | A standard physical work capacity test based on the linear relationship between heart rate, power output and oxygen consumption will estimate the work capacity. The higher the heart rate, the better the physical work capacity. Minimum value of heart rate is 155 bpm and maximum value is 199 bpm. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Muscular Strength | From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks | Handgrip strength will be measured using a hand-held dynamometer to determine functional strength. |
| BMI | From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks | Height and weight will be measured on a body fat analyser and will be combined to report the BMI in kg/m\^2. |
| Body Fat | From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks | Body fat will be measured on a body composition analyser and will be reported in percentage %. |
Countries
Singapore
Contacts
Primary ContactCelia Ia Choo Tan, PhD (Dept of Surgery)
Outcome results
None listed