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Interventions to increase the number of people cycling regularly are likely to induce a range of health and societal benefits, including reduced incidence of heart disease, cancer and obesity, improved mental health and well-being, and reduced road congestion and air pollution. They are also likely to provide tangible financial and in-kind benefits to employers and society, through reduced workforce absenteeism, increased productivity and decreased use of NHS resources. However, increasing the number of people cycling regularly is complex and interventions undertaken to date have only been modestly successful. Thus, to induce a step-change in the number of people cycling in the United Kingdom (UK), in line with British Cycling and HSBC UK's stated aim of getting two million more people on bikes, new approaches are needed.
The research team have been working with staff and management at British Cycling and HSBC to co-develop a novel, multi-component intervention for delivery at HSBC offices to increase the number of employees cycling regularly. The intervention has four main components: 1) a six (intermediate) or nine (foundation) week practical skills programme; 2) cycle provision (tune-up/loan/subsidised purchase) schemes; 3) establishment of a cycle-friendly workplace culture; 4) a cycle app. The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of this intervention in a before-and-after study in four HSBC offices around the UK.
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Objective: To assess the feasibility of the novel multicomponent workplace cycling intervention that aims to support more employees to cycle regularly. There are eight related research questions:
Setting and Participants: The study will be conducted at four HSBC offices across the UK, which have some degree of on-site cycle infrastructure (e.g. secure bike racks, showers, lockers). At each office, up to 40 participants will be recruited to either the foundation (nine-week) or intermediate (six-week) practical skills programme (up to 160 participants in total across the four sites). Participants will be self-identified infrequent cyclists (currently cycle less than once per month or not at all) aged 18 years or over who are current HSBC employees.
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The intervention has four main components.
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The feasibility study will assess: recruitment, retention, adherence, feasibility of delivery of all components, fidelity to intervention protocol, acceptability (to participants and cycle champions, other staff in the office who are not doing the practical skills programme but are exposed to the cycle-friendly culture, HSBC office managers and bike providers), and likely primary outcomes of any future randomised controlled trial (RCT) - number of people cycling regularly (both monthly and weekly) and number of cycling journeys for transport or leisure in the last month, both self-reported. The investigators will also assess likely secondary outcomes in a future RCT at baseline, 9 weeks, and 13 weeks.
Participant characteristics (e.g. date of birth, gender, postcode of residence, marital status, education, smoking status, alcohol consumption, job description) will be recorded at baseline only. Extent of delivery, acceptability and perceived utility of programme components (practical skills programme components, bike provision, cycle-friendly culture and cycle app), and acceptability of the study procedures will be assessed at follow up only. Adverse events and injury will be assessed at all time points. Health economists will work with HSBC head office staff to identify available sources of cost and benefit data throughout the study.
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Greig RM Logan, PhD; Jason MR Gill, PhD
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