The proposed study will test the preliminary efficacy of a novel 12-week social cognitive theory-based intervention that will target reducing daily sitting time and increasing exercise participation among middle-aged working adults. This is a population highly susceptible to excessive sedentary time and low levels of exercise engagement. This two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) will examine the preliminary efficacy of decreasing sedentary time in addition to increasing moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) engagement, compared to a group which only receives MVPA promotion.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
88
12 week home-based exercise program to promote engagement of 150 min/week of moderate-vigorous intensity exercise; personalized step count goals to increase daily volume of physical activity and displacement of sedentary time
12 week home-based exercise program to promote engagement of 150 min/week of moderate-vigorous intensity exercise
Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, United States
Changes in average daily step counts
Participants will wear a hip-based pedometer for 7 days at baseline and 12 weeks
Time frame: Baseline,12 weeks
Changes in average daily sedentary time
Participants will wear a hip-based accelerometer for 7 days at baseline and 12 weeks to measure their daily time spent sedentary.
Time frame: Baseline,12 weeks
Changes in average daily light-intensity physical activity
Participants will wear a hip-based accelerometer for 7 days at baseline and 12 weeks to measure their daily time spent engaged in light-intensity physical activity.
Time frame: Baseline,12 weeks
Changes in average daily moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity
Participants will wear a hip-based accelerometer for 7 days at baseline and 12 weeks to measure their daily time spent engaged in moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity.
Time frame: Baseline, 12 weeks
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