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A Combined HAPA and mHealth Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in University Students

NCT03760393 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2020-06-16

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Summary

Societal changes have resulted in reduced demands to be active and increased daily time spent sitting. Sedentary behavior (SB) has been linked to many health problems such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. University students are a high-risk population for excessive SB. Increasing the length and frequency of breaks from sitting and increasing the time spent standing and engaged in light physical activity are ways to decrease SB. The purpose of this study is to determine whether combining a Health Action Process Approach-based (theory-driven), specifically action and coping planning intervention, with a tailored text messaging intervention can reduce occupational (student) sitting time among university students. Participants in the intervention group will receive one behavioural counselling session, followed by daily, tailored text messages over a 6-week period, with a focus on encouraging them to reduce their sitting time as a student by increasing their frequency and duration of breaks from sitting, as well as time spent standing and engaged in light-intensity physical activity. It is expected that university students who receive the planning intervention and tailored text messages will report greater increases in non-sedentary behaviours (e.g., break frequency, break duration, standing, light physical activity) than those who do not receive the intervention.

Conditions

  • Sedentary Lifestyle
  • Health Behaviour Change

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

(SB-related planning + daily text messages)

Participants will receive a one-on-one behavioral counseling session, and planning sheet as reference for developing strategies as part of their Action/Coping Plan. Participants will be asked to form 3-4 actions plans specifying when, where, how, and for how long they would reduce occupational (student) sitting time; and anticipate potential barriers and identify ways they could be overcome. Strategies will explicitly focus on the ultimate objective of increasing break frequency to every 30-45 minutes, achieving a break duration of 2-3 minutes, and increasing time spent standing and engaged in light-intensity PA, in the occupational domain (i.e. as a student; during school-related activities). Participants will also receive sedentary behaviour-related text messages twice daily, depending on their preferences and schedule, which will act as mini-booster interventions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Western University, Canada

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-01
Primary Completion
2020-06-01
Completion
2020-06-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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