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Brief Program in Reducing Sedentary Behavior and Promoting Physical Exercise

NCT02645071 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 141

Last updated 2021-01-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Lack of physical activity was found to be a local and worldwide issue. Most Hong Kong people are having sedentary lifestyle. Researchers show that the increase of physical activity reduces the risk of chronic diseases, and improve cardio-pulmonary functions; whereas sedentary behaviors increase the risks.

For many people, the targets of the WHO physical activity guidelines are too high to be achieved. Some people are not even willing to try, despite the evidence for the protective benefits to their long term health. In response, a recent focus has been placed upon reduction of sedentary behavior. Sedentary behavior is defined as 'those activities that do not increase energy expenditure substantially above the resting level, such as sitting, lying down, or viewing TV, or simply as "too much sitting". The primary determinants of sedentary behavior are behavioral and context-based, such as TV and screen-focused behaviors in home and work environments, sitting at work, and sitting during transport. The public health leaders have called for reducing the time spent in sedentary behaviors as a possible public health priority. This study will focus on reduction of sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity in daily life. We hypothesize that the training programs would promote the health awareness of the participants.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Activity

A brief education program in reducing sedentary behavior and promoting physical exercise with family would be conducted. Assessments will be conducted in two different time points, before training session (T1), immediately following training (T2) and two weeks after training (T3) to evaluate the effectiveness of training program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Agnes YK LAI, DN · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2017-07-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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