Moving To Business: Promoting Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Office-based Companies in Finland

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sedentary Behavior; Work Ability; Physical Activity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Physical activity promotion

• Registration Number: NCT01999205
• Lead Sponsor: UKK Institute

Brief Summary

The participants are twelve small or middle-sized companies. Baseline information about the company's practices and employees' physical activity is collected in November 2013 with questionnaires and accelerometers. A team is nominated in each company to develop company's practices in relation to promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior among employees. The teams are supported with materials and meetings and the opportunity to obtain physical activity services from the regional offices of the Finnish Sports Confederation. The development process is carried out in Fall 2013 and the actions to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior are implemented in the companies during spring and fall 2014. The follow-up evaluation with the same measures as at baseline will be conducted in November 2014 and depending on financing possibly also in November to assess the maintenance of the actions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-11
• Study First Submitted: 2013-11-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-11-25
• Study First Posted: 2013-12-03
• Primary Completion: 2015-02
• Study Completion: 2015-05
• Status Verified: 2015-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-12-07
• Last Update Posted: 2015-12-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 396

Inclusion Criteria

• companies: number of employees 15-150 (small or middle-sized)
• employees: all voluntary employees

Exclusion Criteria

• companies: less than 15 or more than 150 employees
• employees: none

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Physical activity promotion	Physical activity promotion	A nominated team in each participating company develops a plan to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior of the employees

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical activity and sedentary behavior	One year	Change in the accelerometer-determined and self-reported (questionnaire) physical activity and sedentary behavior of the employees from baseline to 12 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Work ability	One year	Change in the self-reported work ability (questionnaire scale from 0 to 10) from baseline to 12 months.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research; 🇫🇮 Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland