An interventional study of HAPA behavioural counselling + SMS text message boosters and JITAI in Sedentary Behaviour and Health Behaviour Change, sponsored by Western University, Canada. Status unknown at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-12-23.
Sponsored by Western University, Canada · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study will explore the effectiveness of two different interventions, a Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) mobile health (mHealth) intervention and a Just In-Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI), on reducing sedentary behaviour in office workers. One third of participants will receive the mHealth HAPA intervention, consisting of a theory-driven behavioural counselling session with personalized daily SMS text messages, and another third of participants will receive the JITAI intervention, a behaviour tracking mobile phone application that will alert participants once a set sedentary behaviour condition has been met. The last third of participants will act as a control where they will not receive an intervention or any further information from the letter of information. The study will take place over four weeks, with the first acting as a baseline and the intervention period filling the latter three weeks.
This three-arm repeated measure randomized control trial will randomize participants into two intervention groups and one control group to attempt to reduce sedentary behaviour in office workers. The study will last for four weeks, the first week of the study will be used for baseline measurement and the remaining three weeks used for the intervention.
Participants will be full time office workers primarily recruited from large businesses and corporations. The primary purpose of the study will be to decrease sedentary behaviour in office workers from pre- to post-intervention by breaking up extended periods of sedentary time. The secondary objectives of the study are to compare the effectiveness of each group against one another to assess for any significant differences in sedentary behaviour profiles, total time spent sitting, break frequency, break duration, and time not spent sedentary as well as to examine whether physical activity changed over the course of the intervention.
One intervention group will attempt to reduce sedentary behaviour by receiving push notifications from an EMA tracking mobile phone application after a pre-set sedentary behaviour condition has been met. The application will monitor and collect data from the on-board accelerometer of the participant's phone and when a threshold of 30 consecutive sedentary minutes has been reached, the application will administer a notification asking the participant to break the extended sedentary behaviour they are currently engaged in.
The other intervention group will receive a theory-based behaviour change counselling session paired with daily personalized SMS text message boosters to achieve the study's aims. The counselling sessions and SMS text messages will be framed through the Health Action Process Approach, a behaviour change model that centres around action planning and coping planning. The control group will receive no intervention or further information from the letter of information.
Sedentary behaviour will be collected in the form of duration of time spent sitting, frequency of sedentary behaviour breaks, and duration of sedentary behaviour breaks. These variables will be measured through an EMA tracking mobile phone application that will be downloaded by each participant as well as a weekly online sedentary behaviour questionnaire. Outcome measures will be compared within and between groups to detect differences.
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This intervention group will receive a single one-on-one online behavioural counselling session and daily personalized SMS text message boosters with the aim of increasing the breaking of consecutive work related sedentary behaviour. Counselling strategies will be grounded in the HAPA model, specifically focusing on the creation of an action plan and the development of coping strategies to increase sedentary behaviour breaks. The SMS text message boosters will be personalized based on participant's preferences of timing, type, frequency, and length. The boosters will framed through HAPA principles with content focusing on risk awareness, outcome expectancy, action and coping planning, barriers and resources, and self-efficacy. The intervention will last for three weeks.
Behavioral: HAPA behavioural counselling + SMS text message boosters
This intervention group will receive push notifications from a EMA behaviour monitoring mobile application that will be downloaded to each participants' mobile phones. The application will measure and monitor a participant's sedentary behaviour and once a pre-set condition of 30 consecutive sedentary minutes has been reached, the application will administer a push notification notifying the participant to break their sedentary behaviour. The push notifications will ask the participants to stand up, stretch, or lightly walk around to break their current behaviour. The intervention will last for three weeks.
Device: JITAI
The control group will receive no intervention or further instruction past the letter of information.
Behavioural counseling grounded in the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA; i.e., action planning and coping planning) paired with daily personalized HAPA guided SMS text message boosters to reduce consecutive workplace sedentary behaviour.
EMA monitoring mobile phone application that uses a phone's on-board accelerometer to monitor a participant's sedentary behaviour and deliver a push notification once a set condition has been met. This intervention will be utilized to reduce consecutive workplace sedentary behaviour.
Also known as: mEMA (ilumivu Inc., Boston, MA, www.ilumivu.com)
Changes in Frequency of Breaks from Sitting at Work
mEMA app (ilumivu Inc., Boston, MA, www.ilumivu.com); accelerometer data Modified version of the SIT-Q 7d (Wijndaele et al., 2014; Sui \& Prapavessis, 2016); 1-item; 12-point scale
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 2, 3, 4
Changes in Duration of Breaks from Sitting at Work
mEMA app (ilumivu Inc., Boston, MA, www.ilumivu.com); accelerometer data Modified version of the SIT-Q 7d (Wijndaele et al., 2014; Sui \& Prapavessis, 2016); 1-item; 10-point scale
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 2, 3, 4
Changes in Time Spent Sitting at Work
mEMA app (ilumivu Inc., Boston, MA, www.ilumivu.com); accelerometer data Modified version of the SIT-Q 7d (Wijndaele et al., 2014; Sui \& Prapavessis, 2016)
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 2, 3, 4
Changes in Time Spent Standing at Work
mEMA app (ilumivu Inc., Boston, MA, www.ilumivu.com); accelerometer data
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 2, 3, 4
Changes in Time Spent Engaged in Light Physical Activity at Work
mEMA app (ilumivu Inc., Boston, MA, www.ilumivu.com); accelerometer data
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 2, 3, 4
Age
Assessed with a single item question: "What is your age?"
Time frame: Baseline
Sex
Assessed with a single item question: "What is your sex?"
Time frame: Baseline
Gender
Assessed with a single item question: "What gender do you most identify with?"
Time frame: Baseline
Ethnicity
Assessed with a single item question: "What ethnicity do you most identify with?"
Time frame: Baseline
Height
Assessed with a single item question: "What is your height in either inches or centimetres?"
Time frame: Baseline
Weight
Assessed with a single item question: "What is your weight in either pounds or kilograms?"
Time frame: Baseline
Work Environment
Assessed with a three item question: "What is your current work environment?"; in office, at home, hybrid
Time frame: Baseline
Type of Occupation
Assessed with a four item question: "What general sector does your occupation fall under?"; private, public, charity, other
Time frame: Baseline
Hours of Work per Week
Assessed with a single item question: "What are your typical hours of work on an average week?"
Time frame: Baseline
Education Level
Assessed with a single item question: "What is your current formal education level?"
Time frame: Baseline
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