NCT01633918

FeetEnergy Approach to Increase Physical Activity and Reduce Screen Time in Adolescents

Integrating Internet-supported FeetEnergy Approach in Health Education Lessons to Increase Physical Activity and Reduce Screen Time in Adolescents

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,291 (actual)
• Sponsor: UKK Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether an Internet-supported FeetEnergy approach and two home works integrated in three health education lessons can increase adolescents' active commuting to school and leisure-time physical activity and decrease their screen time.

Conditions

• Physical Activity
• Sedentary Behavior
• Active Commuting
• Psychosocial Factors
• Parental Interference

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet-supported FeetEnergy approach	Three health education lessons and two homework's about increasing physical activity and reducing screen time
BEHAVIORAL	Usual health education	Usual health education lessons

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-05-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2012-07-04
• Last updated: 2015-12-08

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Finland