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Effects of Targeted Follow-up of New Fitness Center Members

NCT03989804 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 356

Last updated 2019-06-18

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Summary

Objective: To investigate the long-term effects of targeted follow-up of new fitness center members compared to usual practice, on frequency of visits and membership terminations after four years.

Design and setting: A participant and provider blinded parallel group randomized controlled trial conducted at eight Fitness Centers in Trondheim, Central Norway.

Participants: The inclusion criteria were new members \>16 years who between September 1st to 9th 2014 signed up for an ordinary contract with a minimum duration of 12 months.

Intervention: The intervention consisted of two phone calls and one e-mail delivered over 6-8 weeks after enrollment, aiming to motivate members to get started using the fitness center and its services. Usual practice at the fitness center is self-directed use.

Conditions

  • New Members of Fitness Centers

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Targeted follow-up

2 phone calls and 1 e-mail delivered over 6-8 weeks after enrollment aiming to help and support members to get started using the fitness center and its services.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Siri Forsmo, PhD Prof · Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-01
Primary Completion
2018-09-01
Completion
2018-09-01

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