Fit Physicians: A Novel Physical Activity Integration Program to Improve Fitness and Activity in Medical Students: A Randomized Pilot Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 124
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Steps per day measured daily by FitBit Flex
研究概览
简要总结
Using FitBit activity monitors, physical activity levels will be monitored in first year medical students. Body Composition will be measured as well.
详细描述
Using fitness trackers and exercise testing, it will determine if participating in a novel program that incorporates wellness into the academic term will improve fitness.
An estimate, 120 students will enroll in this study. Men and women aged 18-55 years of age that are just entering medical school. Students who are currently pregnant will not be allowed to participate in this study.
Participation will involve 2 visits at the start of the academic school year, and two visits at the end of the academic school year.
These visits will entail you undergoing a body composition scan measured by an duel energy x-ray absorptiometry (iDEXA) machine. The scan takes approximately 15 minutes. Subjects may be asked to perform an exercise stress test on a treadmill. The exercise test is approximately 40 minutes. Subjects may be asked to participate in a fitness program 2x a week, and may be asked to wear a Fitbit Flex™ activity tracker on the wrist for the duration of the school year. Investigators will be accessing academic grades to use for statistical purposes only. Subject names will never be given to any other party other than the investigators involved.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 55 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •First year medical students
- •Must have smartphone
排除标准
- •Medical conditions that prohibit exercise
- •pregnancy
研究组 & 干预措施
Fit Physician Group
Subjects will receive activity monitor and will be required to attend monthly wellness lectures and weekly exercise intervention.
Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
干预措施: iDEXA Scan (Radiation)
Fit Physician Group
Subjects will receive activity monitor and will be required to attend monthly wellness lectures and weekly exercise intervention.
Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
干预措施: Wellness Lectures (Other)
Fit Physician Group
Subjects will receive activity monitor and will be required to attend monthly wellness lectures and weekly exercise intervention.
Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
干预措施: Exercise intervention (Other)
Fit Physician Group
Subjects will receive activity monitor and will be required to attend monthly wellness lectures and weekly exercise intervention.
Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
干预措施: Activity monitor (Other)
Activity Monitor Only Group
Subjects will receive an activity monitor without any intervention Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
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干预措施: iDEXA Scan (Radiation)
Activity Monitor Only Group
Subjects will receive an activity monitor without any intervention Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
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干预措施: Activity monitor (Other)
Control Group
Subjects will not an activity monitor nor will they receive any intervention Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
干预措施: iDEXA Scan (Radiation)
结局指标
主要结局
Steps per day measured daily by FitBit Flex
时间窗: 10 months
次要结局
- Academic Performance assessed by numeric grade point average(10 months)
- Body Mass Composition assessed by iDEXA scan(10 months)
研究者
Joanne DiFrancisco-Donoghue
Assistant Professor, Ph. D.
New York Institute of Technology