Examining Perceptions of the 24-Hr Movement Guidelines

Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung, PhD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Self Efficacy; Health Behavior

Treatments: Other: Generic Message

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04281615

6027468

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of the proposed research is to experimentally test and inform the most effective brand attributes that is to be featured in the forthcoming Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults. Specifically, there are two main objectives. The first objective is to determine the most preferred tagline associated with the new Guidelines among a sample of Canadian adults. The second objective is to experimentally test if this new attribute fosters stronger perceptions of self-efficacy among an adult sample, when compared to previous threshold-based approaches.

Enrollment: 247 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• between 18-64 years
• Canadian

Exclusion criteria

• cannot read/write in English
• already self-reported meeting Guideline recommendations for all three behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep)
• self-reported medical condition and/or sleep condition that would prevent individual from meeting the Guideline recommendations

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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247 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention (Generic Message)

Experimental group

Description:

Receives promotional materials that feature a generic messaging approach.

Treatment:

Other: Generic Message

Control (Threshold Message)

No Intervention group

Description:

Receives promotional materials that use traditional, threshold messages.