NCT01295203

Internet-based Physical Activity Intervention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12,287 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether access to a website with personalized feedback on physical activity level and suggestions to increase physical activity results in improvements in self-reported physical activity, anthropometrics and physiological measurements

Detailed description

In a website-based intervention study, the investigators wish to examine if it is possible to increase physical activity among inactive persons. Main objective is to determine if access to a website with personalized feedback on PA level and suggestions to increase PA results in improvements in self reported PA, anthropometrics and applied physiological measurements. Physical inactive adults (n=12,287) participating in a nationwide health survey and examination (DANHES) were asked to randomly assigned to either intervention (n=6,055) or control group (n=6,232). The intervention group had access to a PA website with personalized advice and suggestions to increase PA. After 3 and 6 months, a follow-up questionnaire was administered by e-mail. The 7-day International Physical Activity Questionnaire was included in the questionnaires to assess four domains of PA in daily-life (work, transportation, domestic, and leisure-time) and sedentary time. Furthermore, at the 3 month follow-up a subgroup of participants (n=1,190) were invited complete anthropometrics and physiological measurements.

Conditions

• Physical Activity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	website assess	The internet intervention group were given assess to the intervention website which included a personal page with tailored physical activity advice and a personal profile together with Recommendations and general training programs.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-05-01
• Primary completion: 2009-05-01
• Completion: 2009-05-01
• First posted: 2011-02-14
• Last updated: 2011-02-14

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Denmark