Incorporating Wearable Technology Into Physical Activity Instructional Program: A Cluster Randomized Trial in University Settings
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University
- Enrollment
- 187
- Primary Endpoint
- Change from baseline in objectively measured physical activity to 15 weeks
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This project was to examine the effects of incorporating modern wearable technology into the credit-based Physical Activity Instructional Program for promoting habitual levels of physical activity among college students.
Detailed Description
This project was a cluster randomized trial examining the effects of utilizing a wearable activity tracker in a credit-based Physical Activity Instructional Program on promoting habitual levels of physical activity (PA) in college students.
The project was conducted in a large public university located in the mid-south region of the US. The university offers more than one hundred 1-credit hour PAIPs per academic semester. Considering the pilot nature of the study, the target PAIPs was limited to those meeting the following inclusion criteria: 1) PAIP with a size of 30 students that generally show an approximately equal gender distribution; and 2) PAIP that delivers the principles and practice of individually tailored habitual activity plans. The investigators randomly selected 14 eligible PAIPs and assigned them into intervention (k=7) and control (k=7) groups. The outcome measures of interests were the changes in objectively and subjectively measured physical activity over an academic semester.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Masking Description
All participants in both intervention and control arms were not disclosed to the specific purpose of the study in order to prevent the subject-expectancy effects on study outcomes.
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •healthy college students who were enrolled in 1-credit physical activity instruction programs.
Exclusion Criteria
- •did not wish to participate;
- •have currently used their own wearable activity tracker;
- •indicated any major physical, psychiatric, or cardiovascular-related problems diagnosed by a physician.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change from baseline in objectively measured physical activity to 15 weeks
Time Frame: baseline and 15 weeks
Physical activity was objectively measured using an ActiGraph Actitrainer (ActiGraph LLC, Pensacola, FL, USA) accelerometer.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change from baseline in subjectively measured physical activity(baseline and 15 weeks)
Investigators
Youngdeok Kim
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University