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Not Applicable

• Conditions: physical inactivity; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000613606
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Tasmania

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-06-05
• Last Update Posted: 21 June 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 345

Inclusion Criteria

Age 15+ years; resident of Tasmania; sufficient English proficiency to provide informed consent; possession of a mobile phone and active email address; ownership of or willingness to obtain a Metro Smartcard); willingness to give permission for the researchers to access Metro Smartcard data; currently making no more than five Metro bus trips/week; able to reasonably access a Metro bus service; currently making trips by motor vehicle (including motorcycle) that could be made by bus.

Exclusion Criteria

Intending to move house or work location within the study period whereby a Metro bus service will be inaccessible; currently engaged in or planning to engage in other public transport incentives program; pregnancy; a health condition that prevents walking; a health condition that prevents bus use; a planned activity that would prevent bus use for greater than four weeks during the 14- week intervention phase of the 38-week study period (e.g., surgery, extended holiday

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in average daily step count measured by accelerometer over seven days.[T1 (Baseline), T2, Primary endpoint, (14 weeks post-start of intervention, at intervention end), T3 (38 weeks post-start of intervention at study end).]