Exploring the Effect of an eHealth Intervention on Women's Physical Activity Behaviour
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Physical Activity
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
- Enrollment
- 49
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Physical activity behaviour: Custom strength and resistance training questionnaire
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Physical activity has been shown to reduce the risk of chronic diseases and promote physical and mental health and wellbeing, yet few women are active enough to see these benefits. Wearable activity trackers show promise for helping people increase their physical activity levels by supporting self-monitoring. However, few researchers have examined how providing people with these devices impacts physical activity levels, or motivation for physical activity which is a significant and robust predictor of physical activity. Based on previous research, it is possible that women's physical activity levels would be more likely to increase if they received an autonomy-supportive intervention to enhance motivation in addition to a wearable activity tracker. A pilot, three-armed randomized controlled trial was developed to test this hypothesis and to assess if changes in perceived autonomy-support, basic psychological need satisfaction/thwarting, motivational regulations, wellbeing indicators are associated with changes in physical activity over time.
Investigators
Jennifer Brunet
Associate Professor
University of Ottawa
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Physical activity behaviour: Custom strength and resistance training questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline (week 0), post-intervention (week 9), and follow-up (week 21).
Change in strength and resistance training habits from baseline to post-intervention, and from post-intervention to follow-up.
Physical activity behaviour: International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-S)
Time Frame: Baseline (week 0), post-intervention (week 9), and follow-up (week 21).
Change in self-reported physical activity (over the past 7 days) from baseline to post-intervention, and from post-intervention to follow-up.
Secondary Outcomes
- Physical activity behaviour: Direct measure(Duration of intervention phase (8 weeks).)
- Perceived autonomy support: Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Exercise Settings (PASSES; Hagger et al., 2007)(Baseline (week 0), post-intervention (week 9), and follow-up (week 21).)
- Basic psychological need thwarting: Psychological Need Thwarting Scale (PNTS; Bartholomew, Ntoumanis, Ryan, & Thøgersen-Ntoumani, 2011)(Baseline (week 0), post-intervention (week 9), and follow-up (week 21).)
- Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (I-PANAS-SF; Thompson, 2016; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988).(: Baseline (week 0), post-intervention (week 9), and follow-up (week 21).)
- Wearable activity tracker usage: Multiple choice questions(Post-intervention (week 9).)
- Basic psychological need satisfaction: Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise Scale (PNSE; Wilson, Rogers, Rodgers, & Wild, 2006)(Baseline (week 0), post-intervention (week 9), and follow-up (week 21).)
- Vitality: Subjective Vitality Scale (Ryan & Frederick, 1997).(Baseline (week 0), post-intervention (week 9), and follow-up (week 21).)
- Depression: Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Kroenke, Spitzer, & Williams, 2001).(Baseline (week 0), post-intervention (week 9), and follow-up (week 21).)
- Retention rates(Duration of recruitment and intervention phases (9 weeks).)
- Body composition(Baseline (week 0) and post-intervention (week 9).)
- Waist circumference(Baseline (week 0) and post-intervention (week 9).)
- Motivational regulations: Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-2R; Markland & Tobin, 2004; Wilson, Rodgers, Loitz, & Scime, 2006)(Baseline (week 0), post-intervention (week 9), and follow-up (week 21).)
- Recruitment rates(Duration of recruitment and intervention phases (9 weeks).)
- Acceptability: Open ended questions(Duration of recruitment and intervention phases (9 weeks).)
- Body mass(Baseline (week 0) and post-intervention (week 9).)