A randomised controlled trial of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a very brief intervention to increase physical activity when delivered in a primary care setting
- Conditions
- Disease: All DiseasesTopic: Primary CareSubtopic: Not AssignedNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN72691150
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Cambridge (UK)
- Brief Summary
2016 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27217288 2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32142507/ (added 01/07/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1007
Participants will be adults aged 40-74 who are eligible to be invited for a NHS Health Check and who are able to give consent for participation in the trial.
The GP practice will exclude patients they consider unsuitable for the trial (i.e., any patient where receiving an invitation will cause unnecessary stress due to mental health issues or a diagnosis of terminal illness for example)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physical activity at 3-month follow-up, as measured by accelerometer counts p
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration