Walk to work study
Completed
- Conditions
- Physical activityNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN72882329
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Bristol (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
Employees in 12 workplaces in Bristol who live within two miles of their workplace and are able to walk to work but do not usually walk or cycle to work.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Employees who live more than 2 miles from the workplace
2. Employees who usually walk or cycle to work
3. Employees who are disabled in relation to walking to work
4. Employees whose job involves regular driving throughout the day, for example delivery drivers or sales representatives, where their vehicle is not parked at the workplace overnight and they usually set off from home in the workplace vehicle
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Trial design:<br>1. Workplace recruitment and retention rates<br>2. Employee eligibility, recruitment and retention rates<br>3. Sample size calculation with estimation of potential clustering within workplaces and potential feasible differences in outcome<br><br>Physical activity<br>1. Percentage of eligible employees walking to work<br>2. Eligible employees? overall level of physical activity
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physical activity:<br>1. Eligible employees level of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA)<br>2. Temporal pattern of physical activity (when activity has increased and any compensatory decrease)<br>3. Objective measure of route taken and physical activity associated with journey<br><br>Process:<br>1. Context, delivery and receipt of the intervention from the perspectives of employers, Walk to Work promoters, employees<br>2. Evidence of social patterning in uptake of walking to work (socio-economic status, age, gender, location)<br>3. Identified interpersonal, intrapersonal, community and organisational facilitators and barriers to walking to work<br><br>Health economics<br>1. Costs and benefits to employers of implementing the scheme<br>2. Costs and benefits to employees of participating in the scheme<br>3. Health service use for general health problems and specific commuting related adverse events