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Be Fit in Residency: a Randomized Controlled Trial of an Activity Device Among Medicine Residents

NCT01287208 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2017-12-07

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Summary

The main objective of this study is to test an intervention to increase the physical activity of medical residents, an employee population with little time for exercise. Specifically, the aims of this study are:

1. To determine if providing medical residents with an activity device that measures steps, distance, and calories burned and tracks this information over time on a website increases residents' physical activity levels as measured by number of steps per day compared to a control group using a blinded activity device (no feedback).
2. To determine if an unblinded team competition using the activity device directly following the randomized phase increases residents' activity level compared to baseline.
3. To determine if activity level is associated with change in weight during the residency year.
4. To determine if the average hours of sleep per week is associated with changes in weight and with activity level.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

DEVICE

Activity monitor

The activity monitor is an accelerometer that records steps, distance, calories, and sleep

DEVICE

Activity device

Accelerometer that has all the steps, distance, calories, and sleep data blinded to the study subject

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anne N Thorndike, MD, MPH · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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