NCT03164239

Aktiv i Sør: a Randomized Controlled Trial

The Effect of a Tailored Telephone and Email Based Physical Activity Intervention on Physical Fitness and Body Composition: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 111 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Agder · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this regional parallel-group RCT was to assess the effect of a six-month tailored telephone and email based physical activity intervention on various measures of physical fitness and body composition in a sample of physically inactive adults. A total of 111 physically inactive adults (40-55yr) from Agder, Norway were randomly allocated to either an intervention group (IG;n=56) or a no-intervention control group (CG;n=55). The IG received tailored exercise recommendations, every two months by email or mail (print) in addition to motivational follow-ups every second week, alternatively by email and telephone. Primary outcome measures were various objective measures of musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory fitness in addition to various measures of body composition, including waist circumference, body mass index and fat percentage, which were assessed pre- and post-intervention.

Conditions

• Physical Activity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intervention group - telephone and print exercise intervention	Intervention has previously been described.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2012-02-01
• First posted: 2017-05-23
• Last updated: 2017-05-25