The Effectiveness of Physical Activity Monitoring and Distance Counseling in an Occupational Health Setting

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Physical Inactivity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Activity monitoring and distance counseling

• Registration Number: NCT00994565
• Lead Sponsor: Helsinki University of Technology

Brief Summary

The CoAct study is investigating a novel lifestyle intervention, aimed at the working population, with daily activity monitoring and distance counseling via telephone and secure web messages. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle counseling on the level of physical activity in an occupational health setting. The purposes include also analyzing the potential effects of changes in physical activity on productivity at work and sickness absence, and health care costs.

Detailed Description

CoAct is a randomized controlled trial with two arms: a control group and intervention group with daily activity monitoring and distance counseling. The intervention focuses on lifestyle modification and takes 12 months. The study population consists of those volunteering from 1100 eligible employees from a Finnish insurance company. The primary outcomes are change in physical activity measured in MET hours per week, work productivity and sickness absence, and health care utilization. Secondary outcomes include various physiological measures. Cost-effectiveness analysis will also be performed. The outcomes will be measured by questionnaires at baseline, after 6, 12, and 24 months, and sickness absence will be obtained from the employer's registers.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-08
• Study First Submitted: 2009-10-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-10-13
• Study First Posted: 2009-10-14
• Primary Completion: 2010-11
• Study Completion: 2010-11
• Status Verified: 2011-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-06-21
• Last Update Posted: 2011-06-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 544

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18 years or older
• Paid employment of at least 8 hours a week
• Not scheduled to retire in the next two years or have applied for disability pension
• Have completed a health risk appraisal and physical testing

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy
• Diagnosis or treatment of cancer
• Any disorder that makes physical activity impossible

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Activity monitoring and distance counseling	Activity monitoring and distance counseling	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical Activity	One year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health related productivity loss	One year
Healthcare utilization	One Year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

BIT Research Center; 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland