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HAPA behavioural counselling + SMS text message boosters for Sedentary Lifestyle

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Waitlist Available
Led By Harry Prapavessis, Ph.D
Research Sponsored by Western University, Canada
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
18 years of age or older
full-time employee in a desk-based office job (work from home accepted)
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline
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Study Summary

This study is evaluating whether two different interventions can reduce sedentary behaviour in office workers.

Eligible Conditions
  • Health Behavior Change
  • Sedentary Lifestyle

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, weeks 2, 3, 4
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, weeks 2, 3, 4 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Changes in Duration of Breaks from Sitting at Work
Changes in Frequency of Breaks from Sitting at Work
Changes in Time Spent Engaged in Light Physical Activity at Work
+2 more
Other outcome measures
Age
Education Level
Ethnicity
+7 more

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: mHealth HAPA Intervention GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
This intervention group will receive a single one-on-one online behavioural counselling session and daily personalized SMS text message boosters with the aim of increasing the breaking of consecutive work related sedentary behaviour. Counselling strategies will be grounded in the HAPA model, specifically focusing on the creation of an action plan and the development of coping strategies to increase sedentary behaviour breaks. The SMS text message boosters will be personalized based on participant's preferences of timing, type, frequency, and length. The boosters will framed through HAPA principles with content focusing on risk awareness, outcome expectancy, action and coping planning, barriers and resources, and self-efficacy. The intervention will last for three weeks.
Group II: JITAI GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
This intervention group will receive push notifications from a EMA behaviour monitoring mobile application that will be downloaded to each participants' mobile phones. The application will measure and monitor a participant's sedentary behaviour and once a pre-set condition of 30 consecutive sedentary minutes has been reached, the application will administer a push notification notifying the participant to break their sedentary behaviour. The push notifications will ask the participants to stand up, stretch, or lightly walk around to break their current behaviour. The intervention will last for three weeks.
Group III: Control GroupActive Control1 Intervention
The control group will receive no intervention or further instruction past the letter of information.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Western University, CanadaLead Sponsor
238 Previous Clinical Trials
57,089 Total Patients Enrolled
8 Trials studying Sedentary Lifestyle
612 Patients Enrolled for Sedentary Lifestyle
Harry Prapavessis, Ph.DPrincipal InvestigatorWestern University
6 Previous Clinical Trials
181 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Ontario
How old are they?
18 - 65
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria
~29 spots leftby Mar 2025