A Phase 4 interventional study of ASUKI Step Worksite Pedometer Intervention in Physical Activity, sponsored by Arizona State University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-02-23.
Sponsored by Arizona State University · Phase 4, Interventional, and Prevention
ASUKI Step is designed to increase the number of days employees walk 10,000 steps and to reduce the number of days employees spend being inactive.
Study aims were:
ASUKI Step is a 9-month pedometer-based worksite intervention conducted at the Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm, Sweden and Arizona State University (ASU) in the greater Phoenix area, Arizona. ASUKI Step used a quasi-experimental design based on the theory of social support. Participants included 2,118 faculty, staff, and graduate students from ASU (n = 712) and KI (n = 1,406) who participated in teams of 3-4 persons. The intervention required participants to accumulate 10,000 steps each day for six months, with a 3-month follow-up period. Steps were recorded onto a study-specific website. Participants completed a website-delivered questionnaire four times to identify socio-demographic, health, psychosocial and environmental correlates of study participation. One person from each team at each university location was randomly selected to complete physical fitness testing to determine their anthropometric and cardiovascular health and to wear an accelerometer for one week. Incentives were given for compliance to the study protocol that included weekly raffles for participation prizes and a grand finale trip to Arizona or Sweden for teams with most days over 10,000 steps.
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Quasi-experimental design with one-group, post-test only
Behavioral: ASUKI Step Worksite Pedometer Intervention
The intervention required participants to accumulate 10,000 steps each day for six months, with a 3-month follow-up period. Steps were recorded onto a study-specific website. Participants completed a website-delivered questionnaire four times to identify socio-demographic, health, psychosocial and environmental correlates of study participation. One person from each team at each university location was randomly selected to complete physical fitness testing to determine their anthropometric and cardiovascular health and to wear an accelerometer for one week.
Also known as: Pedometer-monitored daily walking
Percent of sample walking 10,000 steps per day on at least 100 days (3.5 months) during the trial period.
Tally of the participants recording 10,000 steps on their pedometer log for 100 days of the 6 month walking intervention.
Time frame: End of walking intervention at 6 months
Changes in self-perceived health and stress level, sleep patterns, anthropometric measures and fitness.
Compare the measures between the first week and the last week of the 6-month intervention study
Time frame: End of the 6 month walking study
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