MapTrek for Sedentary Workers

University of Iowa

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sedentary Lifestyle

Treatments: Behavioral: Fitbit + Maptrek; Behavioral: Fitbit only

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03109535

201608733

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine if participants randomized to our mHealth MapTrek game increases daily physical activity (average steps/day, active minutes/day) compared to a control group among sedentary office workers over 10 weeks. The investigators hypothesize the MapTrek intervention group will significantly increase their daily steps and active minutes compared to the control group over 10 weeks.

Enrollment: 146 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Eligible participants were 21 to 65 year of age, working full-time (at least 35 hours/week) in a desk-dependent job (self-report sitting >75% of work day), who owned a smart phone.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria included ages <18 years or >65 years, pregnancy or planned pregnancy, prisoner status, and any contraindications to engaging in regular physical activity as identified by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), not owning a smart phone, (Cardinal, Esters, & Cardinal, 1996).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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146 participants in 2 patient groups

Fitbit-only Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants received a Fitbit Zip activity monitor to wear daily for 10 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fitbit only

Fitbit + MapTrek Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received a Fitbit Zip activity monitor to wear daily for 10 weeks. Participants also received access to an mHealth game called MapTrek for 10 weeks. MapTrek places users in weekly walking races and sends automated text messages to participants on a daily basis. Messages include a link to the online game as well as motivational messages designed to increase physical activity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fitbit + Maptrek