Aktiv i Sør: a Randomized Controlled Trial (AiS)

University of Agder

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: Intervention group - telephone and print exercise intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03164239

Aktiv i Sør

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 111 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants were included in the study if they were

• healthy
• between the ages of 40-55
• residents of the Agder counties in Norway
• classified as physically inactive (not fulfill the recommendations for physical activity given by the Norwegian Directorate of Health
• within stage one to three of the five stages of change in the transtheoretical model stages of change

Exclusion criteria

Participants were excluded if they were

• Unhealthy/ill
• younger than 40 years or older than 55 years
• living outside the Agder counties in Norway
• allready fulfilling the national recommendations given by the Norwegian Directorate of Health
• within stage four or five of the five stages of change in the transtheoretical model stages of change

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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111 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group - telephone and print exercise intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group (IG) received a total of three intervention packages, one every second month, during the intervention period. The first intervention package was distributed at intervention start. The intervention package consisted of a tailored exercise program, national recommendations for physical activity, prompts and reminders. Additionally the IG received fortnightly supportive motivational contact every two weeks, alternately by telephone og email

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention group - telephone and print exercise intervention

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group (CG) were encouraged to continue previous lifestyle.