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Fit Physicians: Use of Activity Monitors and Activity Integration Program in First Year Medical Students (FitPhysician)

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New York Institute of Technology

Status

Completed

Conditions

Motor Activity
Body Weight Changes

Treatments

Other: Exercise intervention
Radiation: iDEXA Scan
Other: Wellness Lectures
Other: Activity monitor

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02778009
BHS-1153

Details and patient eligibility

About

Using FitBit activity monitors, physical activity levels will be monitored in first year medical students. Body Composition will be measured as well.

Full description

Using fitness trackers and exercise testing, it will determine if participating in a novel program that incorporates wellness into the academic term will improve fitness.

An estimate, 120 students will enroll in this study. Men and women aged 18-55 years of age that are just entering medical school. Students who are currently pregnant will not be allowed to participate in this study.

Participation will involve 2 visits at the start of the academic school year, and two visits at the end of the academic school year.

These visits will entail you undergoing a body composition scan measured by an duel energy x-ray absorptiometry (iDEXA) machine. The scan takes approximately 15 minutes. Subjects may be asked to perform an exercise stress test on a treadmill. The exercise test is approximately 40 minutes. Subjects may be asked to participate in a fitness program 2x a week, and may be asked to wear a Fitbit Flex™ activity tracker on the wrist for the duration of the school year. Investigators will be accessing academic grades to use for statistical purposes only. Subject names will never be given to any other party other than the investigators involved.

Enrollment

124 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 55 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • First year medical students
  • Must have smartphone

Exclusion criteria

  • Medical conditions that prohibit exercise
  • pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

124 participants in 3 patient groups

Fit Physician Group
Experimental group
Description:
Subjects will receive activity monitor and will be required to attend monthly wellness lectures and weekly exercise intervention. Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
Treatment:
Other: Exercise intervention
Other: Wellness Lectures
Radiation: iDEXA Scan
Other: Activity monitor
Activity Monitor Only Group
Active Comparator group
Description:
Subjects will receive an activity monitor without any intervention Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition )
Treatment:
Radiation: iDEXA Scan
Other: Activity monitor
Control Group
Other group
Description:
Subjects will not an activity monitor nor will they receive any intervention Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
Treatment:
Radiation: iDEXA Scan

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