Active Over 45: A Step-up Jogging Program in Inactive Female Hospital Staff Aged 45+

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Physical Activity
• Interventions: Behavioral: step-up jogging program

• Registration Number: NCT01531660
• Lead Sponsor: University of Zurich

Brief Summary

Background: Inactive individuals face motivational obstacles for becoming and staying physically active. Therefore, sustainable physical activity promotion programs tailored to reach inactive individuals are needed.

Purpose: to test the effect (long and short-term) and feasibility of a training program and to evaluate the association between the baseline motivation to become physical activity and the change in physical activity and performance.

Design: uncontrolled trail Setting/participants: inactive, female hospital staff aged 45 and older from the University Hospital Zurich Intervention: 3-month step-up jogging program Main outcome measures: physical performance and level of physical activity

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-04
• Primary Completion: 2004-06
• Study Completion: 2004-06
• Study First Submitted: 2012-01-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-02-10
• Study First Posted: 2012-02-13
• Status Verified: 2012-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-03-07
• Last Update Posted: 2012-03-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
training	step-up jogging program	step up jogging program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
physical activity	3 and 12 month	Coopertest

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Zurich; 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland