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Virtual Trainer System (3rd Version) for Physical Activity Promotion in Middle-aged Hong Kong Adults

NCT02553980 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 261

Last updated 2019-07-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Practicing a habitual physical activity is important for health. A Virtual Trainer (VT) online system was developed in 2006 (1st version) and improved in 2010 (2nd version) for encouraging an active lifestyle. This project intends to further improve the VT (3rd version) which incorporates more effective psychological and e-health theories, and disseminate it to Hong Kong middle-aged adults.

Conditions

  • Sedentary Lifestyle

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Follow Your Virtual Trainer (FYVT) program

Participants in intervention group will under the instruction of a web-based computer software termed "Virtual Trainer", which interact with their smartphone apps, to conduct a 3-month self-planned PA training program. A serious of online video seminars related to healthy lifestyle advice will be released to the participants among 3 months. After that, 6 months observation will be followed.

OTHER

Daily PA recommendation & healthy lifestyle suggestions

A written advice of daily PA recommendation, and the textual content of the healthy lifestyle seminars will be provided to the participants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stanley Sai-chuen Hui, EdD · Chinese University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-10-30
Completion
2017-10-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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