Levels of Daily Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Maastricht University's Undergraduate First Year Students

Maastricht University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Sedentary Lifestyle

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03513341

808

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study explores the levels of daily physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Maastricht University's undergraduate first year students. Furthermore, this study explores the correlations between the students' demographical background information with their levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviour.

Full description

Participants are randomly recruited from the student population. The participants are invited to complete a demographics questionnaire, wear an ActivPAl accelerometer for 7 days, and complete daily diaries (modified International Physical Activity Questionnaire) throughout the 7 days.

Enrollment: 335 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Matriculated Maastricht University 2017-2018 First Year Student

Exclusion criteria

• Student of Maastricht University's Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) course. This is because the MSP students are undergoing another intervention (i.e., long term use of standing desks) introduced by the same team of researchers.

Trial design

335 participants in 1 patient group

Maastricht University First Year Students

Description:

Maastricht University 2017-2018 undergraduate first year students are invited to participate in the study. The participants are invited to complete a demographics questionnaire, wear an ActivPAL accelerometer for 7 days, and to complete daily diaries (modified International Physical Activity Questionnaire) for 7 days.

Treatment:

Other: No intervention