Developing a Physically More Active Lifestyle Based on One's Own Values - RCT Among Sedentary Adults

Likes - Foundation for Sport and Health Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: ACT; Behavioral: REF

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01796990

Likes-01

LIKES-01 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of the study is to provide data of the effectiveness and feasibility of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in enhancing the physically active lifestyle among sedentary adults. The psychological and motivational factors related to physical activity and behavior change will also be evaluated.

Full description

In more detailed the study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the acceptance- and commitment-based behavioural intervention concerning physical activity level and self-efficacy, as well as regarding planning and the acceptance of psychological and physical discomfort related to physical activity after 3 and 6 months compared to providing only individual written feedback on their physical activity. A further aim was to explore stability and maintenance of changes in physical activity at the 6 months follow-up. It was hypothesised that acceptance- and commitment-based behavioural intervention is more effective than feedback only in improving physical activity and related beliefs and cognitions.

Enrollment: 136 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 30-50 years, working status, and don´t meet the current physical activity recommendations.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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136 participants in 2 patient groups

REF group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participants will get written feedback about their physical activity level after the baseline, and after 3, 6, 9 and 15 months of baseline compared to the current physical activity recommendations. Feedback will be created to illustrate participants´ activity level during the measurement week combining also the information from the diary. Feedback will be posted home and don´t include face to face interaction. As an incentive for participation, participants will also have opportunity to attend a body composition analyze and get short interpretation (15 min) of their own results in the research center.

Treatment:

Behavioral: REF

ACT group

Other group

Description:

The ACT group gets the same procedure as the REF group. In addition, they will participate the ACT based program. The intervention program consists of six group sessions, about 90 minutes per session during the 9 weeks period of time. All the participants get also pedometers for monitoring their physical activity during the intervention. The program aims to enhance physically active lifestyle and well-being through important life values and build committed action based on the chosen important things. The importance is also placed to a mindful awareness and flexibility to everyday actions related to physical activity. The program don´t include psycho-educational elements or counseling of the health or the health benefits of physical activity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: REF

Behavioral: ACT