NCT06754007

Rapid Optimisation of Performance Enhancement and Skill (ROPES)

The Effectiveness of Rapid Optimisation of Performance Enhancement and Skill (ROPES) as an Exercise Training Programme for Sedentary Health Care Staff

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Singapore General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Despite innate knowledge of the benefits of regular physical activity, healthcare workers are just as physically inactive as the general population. Physical activity interventions delivered at the workplace seem perfect to improve the health of this large population. The aim of the study is to deliver an efficacious, minimal time impost training program targeted at optimising health benefit while overcoming time-related barriers to initial uptake of regular exercise.

Detailed description

To evaluate the effectiveness of a 4-week, easily accessible, time-optimised exercise program (ROPES - Rapid Optimisation of Performance Enhancement and Skill) for healthcare workers. 60 staff recruited from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will be randomly assigned into 2 groups, CONTROL or ROPES group. The ratio to intervention and control group is at 1:1. The staff will be assigned to each group respectively.

Conditions

• Sedentary Lifestyle

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	ROPES Training Programme	ROPES is a training programme that involves resistance training, whole-body exercises and HIIT aerobic sessions with each session lasting no longer than 45 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-02
• Primary completion: 2025-06-01
• Completion: 2025-08-01
• First posted: 2024-12-31
• Last updated: 2025-02-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore