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Days in Motion: A Planning Intervention Study With Couples to Enhance Daily Physical Activity

NCT01963494 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 346

Last updated 2016-01-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Regular physical activity is one prominent health-protective behaviour which might increase with the help of self-regulatory strategies such as action planning.

The aim of this randomised controlled trial is to examine changes in daily moderate physical activity in couples following (a) a dyadic planning intervention, (b) an individual planning intervention or (c) a no-planning control condition. Changes in daily physical activity will be examined over a period of one year.

It is assumed that target persons from couples receiving a dyadic planning intervention will show greater increases in daily physical activity than target persons from couples receiving an individual planning intervention. For couples receiving a dyadic planning intervention or an individual planning intervention, it is hypothesized that target persons will show higher increases in daily physical activity than target persons from couples participating in the no-planning control condition.

Conditions

  • Health Behavior
  • Physical Activity
  • Couples

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dyadic planning intervention

Dyadic planning refers to creating together with a partner if-then plans on when, where, and how the individual target person will implement a new behaviour.

BEHAVIORAL

Individual planning intervention

Target persons form action plans on their own.

BEHAVIORAL

General motivational treatment

Both partners are asked to read a brochure that aims at enhancing their motivation to increase levels of moderate physical activity. They respond to a quiz afterwards.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V., Bonn (Germany)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Freie Universität Berlin

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nina Knoll, Univ.-Prof. · Freie Universität Berlin

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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