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Travel to Work study

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Physical activity
Not Applicable
Registration Number
ISRCTN15009100
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Bristol
Brief Summary

1. 2015 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25778164 2. 2017 protocol in: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2018.01.009 3. 2018 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29951354 (added 28/06/2019) 4. 2019 results in https://doi.org/10.3310/phr07110 (added 28/06/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
672
Inclusion Criteria

Employees:
1. Of any age and gender
2. In small, medium and large workplaces
2. In Bath, Swansea and South Gloucestershire

Exclusion Criteria

1. Employees who always walk or cycle to work
2. Employees who are disabled in relation to walking to work, and employees whose job involves regular driving throughout the day (for example, delivery drivers or sales representatives who set off from home in the work vehicle)
3. Organisations with little direct communication between senior management and employees are not suited to this intervention (unless there is a local supervisor/manager with the authority to agree the study activities) because of the need for employer support for recruitment of participants and Walk to Work promoters
4. Workplaces with a large proportion of staff on short-term or zero-hours contracts are not suited because of the need for a one-year follow-up data collection
5. Employees who are retiring before the one-year follow-up data collection
6. Workplaces with firm plans to significantly downsize or relocate during the study period

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Daily minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), measured using accelerometers at baseline and one-year follow-up
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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