Activity for Wellbeing: Promoting wellbeing through physical activity in aged care workers.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Physical activity behaviour and wellbeing; Public Health; Public Health - Other public health

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617001395325
• Lead Sponsor: Merilyn Lock

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

The inclusion criteria for the trial are:
•Current employee of ACH Group
•Able to speak fluent English
•At least 18 years of age
•Ability to engage in moderate physical activity (as defined by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)) and complete all outcome measures (including the Six Minute Walk)
•Not currently meeting ASCM recommendations for physical activity (Greater than or equal to 30 minutes of moderate cardio-respiratory exercise per day, 5 days per week)

Exclusion Criteria

No exclusion criteria, but volunteers who have previously diagnosed conditions or signs or symptoms of disease as indicated on the Adult Pre-exercise Screening System will need to provide medical clearance prior to participation in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical activity behaviour will be measured by 7 days of accelerometry (GENEactiv accelerometers). [Baseline, 12 weeks (post-intervention) and 6-month follow-up (9 months post baseline - PRIMARY TIMEPOINT) ];2 day activity recall over the telephone using the Adult version of the Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adolescents (MARCA) software [Baseline, 12 weeks (post-intervention) and 6-month follow-up (9 months post baseline - PRIMARY TIMEPOINT) ];Quality of life (well-being) as measured via the Assessment of Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQOL-8D)[Baseline, 12 weeks (post-intervention) and 6-month follow-up (9 months post baseline - PRIMARY TIMEPOINT) ]