An Intervention to Promote Active Transport for Short Distance Travel in Older Adolescents

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Transport Behaviour Intervention
• Interventions: Other: Active transport lesson; Other: Active transport lesson and Facebook group

• Registration Number: NCT02823197
• Lead Sponsor: University Ghent

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a theory- and evidence-based intervention aiming to promote active transport for short distance travel among older adolescents is effective in increasing attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy, awareness and habit towards active transport, and intention to use active transport after obtaining a driving license.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-09
• Primary Completion: 2015-09
• Study Completion: 2015-09
• Study First Submitted: 2016-05-10
• Status Verified: 2016-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-06-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-06-30
• Study First Posted: 2016-07-06
• Last Update Posted: 2016-07-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 860

Inclusion Criteria

• must understand Dutch
• must participate in the project 'Driving License at School' of the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge

Exclusion Criteria

• being younger than 16 years old or older than 19 years old
• already having a driving license

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
active transport lesson	Active transport lesson	Participants receive a 2-hour lesson (at school) promoting active transport for short distance travel to various destinations.
active transport lesson and Facebook group	Active transport lesson and Facebook group	Participants receive a 2-hour lesson (at school) promoting active transport for short distance travel to various destinations. Furthermore, they are asked to join a Facebook group on active transport in which 3 messages per week are posted during an eight-week period. The Facebook posts aim to promote the use of active transport for short distance travel.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in perceived benefits towards active transport	The outcome will be measured at baseline (before start intervention), posttest (1 week after the intervention) and follow-up (8 weeks after the intervention)	Perceived benefits towards active transport (e.g. health, cost, parking lot, independence,...) will be assessed via seventeen items with a five-point answer format.
Change in perceived barriers towards active transport	The outcome will be measured at baseline (before start intervention), posttest (1 week after the intervention) and follow-up (8 weeks after the intervention)	Perceived barriers towards active transport (e.g. time, accidents, weather, sweating,...) will be assessed via twenty-one items with a five-point answer format.
Change in subjective norm towards active transport	The outcome will be measured at baseline (before start intervention), posttest (1 week after the intervention) and follow-up (8 weeks after the intervention)	Subjective norm towards active transport will be assessed via three items (family, friends, partner) with a five-point answer format.
Change in self-efficacy towards active transport	The outcome will be measured at baseline (before start intervention), posttest (1 week after the intervention) and follow-up (8 weeks after the intervention)	Self-efficacy towards active transport (e.g. bad weather, darkness, when tired,...) will be assessed via eleven items with a five-point answer format.
Change in awareness towards active transport	The outcome will be measured at baseline (before start intervention), posttest (1 week after the intervention) and follow-up (8 weeks after the intervention)	Awareness towards active transport (e.g. ecology, health benefits, private car ownership,...) will be assessed via eight items with a five-point answer format.
Change in habit towards active transport	The outcome will be measured at baseline (before start intervention), posttest (1 week after the intervention) and follow-up (8 weeks after the intervention)	Habit towards active transport (e.g. walking or cycling for transport is something I automatically do) will be assessed via four items with a five-point answer format.
Change in intention to use active transport after obtaining a driving license	The outcome will be measured at baseline (before start intervention), posttest (1 week after the intervention) and follow-up (8 weeks after the intervention)	Intention to use active transport after obtaining a driving license will be assessed via three items with a five-point answer format (e.g. how much do you want to keep using active transport for short distances after obtaining a driving licence).