Effectiveness of motivational drivers developed based on theoretical constructs and delivered through a mobile application to promote daily physical activity among sedentary working adults of Colombo Municipal Council area.
- Conditions
- Motivation, Active lifestyle
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2021/009
- Lead Sponsor
- IVERSITY OF COLOMBO
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Adults (male and female) between 18-50 years of age currently employed in State Banks in the Colombo District,
Employed full time (for a minimum period of five years) as Bank Officers engaged in sedentary work (seated at least for 6 hours per day during work on more than five days a week)
Participants who own a smartphone (mobile phones comprising multi-purpose computing devices, equipped with hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, which facilitate software, internet & web browsing and multimedia functionality (including music, video, camera and gaming), alongside core phone functions such as voice calls and text messaging) and who spend more than 90 minutes per day on communication/ internet browsing/ social media other than for designated official work on a daily basis including minimum frequency of usage of 2 times per hour on average.
Not engaged in any regular recreational physical activity (e.g. sport activity, exercise session or brisk walking done once a week or more) at present and during last one year
Exclusions:
•Conditions/diseases that have restrictions on physical activities (e.g. recent myocardial infarct, diagnosed angina, arthritis or backache, musculoskeletal injury)
•On a strict diet control program
•Pregnancy and lactation
•Previously engaged in physical activity programmes delivered via mobile application
•Currently using a mobile application for self-monitoring of physical activity and/or registered for e-health services
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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