CompletedNCT01633918FeetEnergyUpdated Dec 8, 2015

FeetEnergy Approach to Increase Physical Activity and Reduce Screen Time in Adolescents

An interventional study of Internet-supported FeetEnergy approach and Usual health education in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Active Commuting, sponsored by UKK Institute. Completed at 2 sites in Finland. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 15 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-12-08.

Sponsored by UKK Institute · Not applicable and Interventional

Phase: Not applicable
Study type: Interventional
Enrollment: 1,291
Allocation: Randomized
Ages: 13 Years to 15 Years
Sex: All

Study summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether an Internet-supported FeetEnergy approach and two home works integrated in three health education lessons can increase adolescents' active commuting to school and leisure-time physical activity and decrease their screen time.

Conditions studied

Physical Activity
Sedentary Behavior
Active Commuting
Psychosocial Factors
Parental Interference

Keywords

intervention
health education
physical activity
sedentary behavior
health promotion
evaluation
RE-AIM

In context

Lead sponsor

UKK Institute is the lead sponsor of 14 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible: 13 Years to 15 Years
Sexes eligible: All
Accepts healthy volunteers: Yes

Inclusion criteria

student's informed consent and an approval from his/her parent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

no informed consent from the student and no approval from his/her parent

Study design

Phase: Not applicable
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel assignment
Masking: None (open label)
Enrollment: 1,291 participants (actual)

Study arms

Experimental
Internet-supported FeetEnergy approach
Schools which integrate Internet-supported approach with two home works in three health education lessons on physical activity
Behavioral: Internet-supported FeetEnergy approach
Active comparator
Usual health education
Schools which follow their usual practices in carrying out health education classes on physical activity
Behavioral: Usual health education

Interventions

BehavioralInternet-supported FeetEnergy approach
Three health education lessons and two homework's about increasing physical activity and reducing screen time
BehavioralUsual health education
Usual health education lessons

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

change from baseline in meeting physical activity recommendation at 1 month
Time frame: baseline and 1 month
change from baseline in physical activity recommendation at 7 months
Time frame: baseline and 7 months
change from baseline in meeting screen time recommendation at 1 month
Time frame: baseline and 1 month
change from baseline in meeting screen time recommendation at 7 month
Time frame: baseline and 7 month

Secondary outcomes

change from baseline in psychosocial factors related to physical activity at 1 month
Time frame: baseline and 1 month
change from baseline in parental interference with physical activity of their child at 1 month
Time frame: baseline and 1 month
change from baseline in psychosocial factors related to screen time at 1 month
Time frame: baseline and 1 month
change from baseline in parental interference with screen time of their child at 1 month
Time frame: baseline and 1 month

Study locations

2 sites

Aalto University
Espoo, Aalto 00076, Finland
The UKK Institute for health Promotion Research
Tampere, 33501, Finland

References and documents

Publications

Aittasalo M, Jussila AM, Tokola K, Sievanen H, Vaha-Ypya H, Vasankari T. Kids Out; evaluation of a brief multimodal cluster randomized intervention integrated in health education lessons to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior among eighth graders. BMC Public Health. 2019 Apr 17;19(1):415. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6737-x. PubMed 30995905 ↗
Jussila AM, Vasankari T, Paronen O, Sievanen H, Tokola K, Vaha-Ypya H, Broberg A, Aittasalo M. KIDS OUT! Protocol of a brief school-based intervention to promote physical activity and to reduce screen time in a sub-cohort of Finnish eighth graders. BMC Public Health. 2015 Jul 10;15:634. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2007-8. PubMed 26160058 ↗

Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026

No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 8, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Registry details

Key details

Study ID: NCT01633918
Lead sponsor: UKK Institute
Collaborators: Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland
Responsible party: Minna Aittasalo (Doctor of Health Sciences, UKK Institute) — Principal investigator
First posted: Jul 4, 2012
Start date: Aug 2012
Primary completion: May 2013
Completion: May 2013
Last update: Dec 8, 2015

Study contacts

Minna M Aittasalo, Dsc

principal investigator · UKK Institute

Oversight

Data monitoring committee: No

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