Moving To Business: Promoting Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Office-based Companies in Finland (MTB)

UKK Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Work Ability; Sedentary Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical activity promotion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01999205

175

Details and patient eligibility

About

The participants are twelve small or middle-sized companies. Baseline information about the company's practices and employees' physical activity is collected in November 2013 with questionnaires and accelerometers. A team is nominated in each company to develop company's practices in relation to promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior among employees. The teams are supported with materials and meetings and the opportunity to obtain physical activity services from the regional offices of the Finnish Sports Confederation. The development process is carried out in Fall 2013 and the actions to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior are implemented in the companies during spring and fall 2014. The follow-up evaluation with the same measures as at baseline will be conducted in November 2014 and depending on financing possibly also in November to assess the maintenance of the actions.

Enrollment: 396 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• companies: number of employees 15-150 (small or middle-sized)
• employees: all voluntary employees

Exclusion criteria

• companies: less than 15 or more than 150 employees
• employees: none

Trial design

396 participants in 1 patient group

Physical activity promotion

Experimental group

Description:

A nominated team in each participating company develops a plan to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behavior of the employees

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical activity promotion