Short-term Behavior Change With Pedal Desk Installation (PD-ST)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Physical Activity in the Workplace

Treatments: Behavioral: Facilitated Pedal Desk; Behavioral: Facilitated Pedal Desk with Pedometer; Behavioral: Self-Directed Pedal Desk

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02109432

PBRC 2013-051

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate participant use of a dedicated office pedal desk with and without behavioral support.

Full description

For this pilot study the investigators will identify and recruit up to 20 full time Pennington Biomedical staff members employed in sedentary jobs (i.e., report mostly sitting during working hours). The sample size is limited by the number of pedal desks being built for this pilot study and the need for timely data generation. Although the investigators can stagger starts as needed, all participants must intend to be on campus for the subsequent 6 weeks after they start the intervention. Two cohorts of 10 participants will complete the three 2-week conditions in the following order: 1) SELF-DIRECTED use where participants have access to their daily recorded data but will not have any other form of feedback or goal-setting; 2) FACILITATED use where participants are provided with their daily recorded pedal desk data and additional daily behavioral support from an interventionist (e.g., feedback and goal-setting) to increase their use of the pedal desk by an individually negotiated and agreed upon amount; 3) FACILITATED use with PEDOMETER where participants will be provided with their daily recorded pedal desk and step count data and additional daily behavioral support from an interventionist (e.g., feedback and goal-setting) to increase their use of the pedal desk by an individually negotiated and agreed upon amount and increase their step count by 3,000 steps/day compared to baseline. Participants will be asked to pedal at a sustainable and self-selected pace while using the pedal desk.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be a full-time employee at Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Be between 21 and 65 years of age
• Primarily sit while at work
• Work from a private office/cubicle

Exclusion criteria

• Weigh more than 250 pounds
• Have physical limitations that prevent performance of pedaling motions
• Plan to be away from work for the 6 weeks of the intervention
• Be pregnant
• Have a pace maker and/or metal joint replacement
• Plan to be away from work for the 6 weeks of the intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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7 participants in 1 patient group

Pedal Desk

Other group

Description:

Participants will complete three 2-week conditions in the following order: 1. Self-directed Pedal Desk 2. Facilitated Pedal Desk 3. Facilitated Pedal Desk with Pedometer

Treatment:

Behavioral: Facilitated Pedal Desk with Pedometer

Behavioral: Self-Directed Pedal Desk

Behavioral: Facilitated Pedal Desk