The Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI)

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: Mobile phone based intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03086837

2016-00138

Details and patient eligibility

About

Physical inactivity is still a major public health problem. Active transportation i.e. walking or cycling for transport can contribute to greater total physical activity. The specific aim of this study is to evaluate if a 12-week mobile phone application can increase time spent in active transportation (cycling or walking) and in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in Swedish adults aged 20-65 years.

Enrollment: 253 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 20-65 years of age
• living in Stockholm or its suburbs
• being able to understand Swedish sufficiently well in order to understand the purpose of the study and the content of the intervention

Exclusion criteria

• having a disease prohibiting them from participation in moderate physical activity such as walking or cycling

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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253 participants in 2 patient groups

Mobile phone based intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the intervention group will receive a 12 week mobile phone based program via a mobile phone application specifically designed for this study. The program will include information, advice and strategies to increase active transportation. Feedback will be provided on personal goals.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mobile phone based intervention

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No information