E-health Interventions to Promote Physical Activity Among Inactive Adults

Summary

The project addresses physical inactivity as a global health issue. Physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. Moreover, inactive adults have a higher risk to develop lifestyle diseases. To date, there is preliminary evidence of the efficacy in the use of certain strategies including fitness technologies and digital interventions for physical activity (PA) promotion. Intervention studies are needed to test the effectiveness of PA promotion strategies.

A Hybrid Type I effectiveness-implementation randomised controlled trial (RCT) will investigate the effects of 1) fitness trackers, 2) home-based online training, and 3) peer support via social media among inactive adults. The design will allow testing the study outcomes while gathering information on implementation in a real-world situation. The study will produce evidence on whether these interventions increase the levels of PA among inactive adults and improve health outcomes. Increased PA will also result in better primary prevention of lifestyle diseases.

Conditions

• Physical Activity Promotion Among Inactive Adults

Interventions

DEVICE

Fitness tracker

Fitness tracker Mi Smart Band 5 with the computational algorithm PAI

OTHER

Online training

Les Mills On Demand

OTHER

Peer support via social media

Facebook group

Sponsors & Collaborators

• UiT The Arctic University of Norway

  collaborator OTHER

• SINTEF Health Research

  collaborator OTHER

• PAI Health Norway AS

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• St. Olavs Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  collaborator OTHER

• Frisklivssentralen

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Laval University

  collaborator OTHER

• Les Mills International

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University Hospital of North Norway

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

55 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-04-08

Primary Completion

2023-03-31

Completion

2023-03-31

Countries

• Norway

Study Locations