Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02455986
The StepSmart Project: A Pedometer Based Phased Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity in Schools
A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Pedometer Based Phased Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity in Schools: A Feasibility Study.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 240 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 12 Years – 14 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
A school based pedometer competition among Year 9 pupils (12 - 14 years old) to promote physical activity (PA).
Detailed description
The intervention is separated into three main phases. Phase One: A 10-week school competition using pedometers and a range of non-financial incentives e.g. t-shirts, pens, badges etc. (April - June 2015). Phase Two: End of school competition but participants will still keep the pedometers. We will set them various challenges over the summer to keep active (July - Oct 2015). Phase Three: Removal of all extrinsically motivation factors. Focus on PA maintenance.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | The StepSmart Challenge | A six month pedometer based intervention designed to increase Physical Activity in school children |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-10-01
- Completion
- 2016-10-01
- First posted
- 2015-05-28
- Last updated
- 2017-08-17
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02455986. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.