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NCT Number: NCT05817396

Dissemination of Physical Activity-related Health Competence in Vocational Education of Nursing Care

The "TakeCare!" study addresses the problem that vocational students of nursing care cope with great physical and psychological demands during their daily routines. To meet these demands, the Bavarian curriculum for generalist nurses has adopted the promotion of physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO) for vocational students. However, it must be assumed that the concept has not yet been adopted comprehensively across the Bavarian nursing landscape. Therefore, the "TakeCare!" study tackles the question of how PAHCO can be implemented most appropriately in Bavarian nursing schools. Drawing on experiences from the project PArC-AVE, three different dissemination approaches will being tested and compared with a control group. A total of 16 nursing schools from different regions of Bavaria will be assigned to four different study arms (cluster-randomized design). In the long term, the project aims to derive recommendations for all nursing schools in Bavaria.

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Key information

Conditions

Physical Activity Behavior Competence Education Exercise Motor Activity Nursing

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Erlangen, Bavaria, 91058, Germany

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

(School/Cluster Level):

  • Private or Local Sponsorship
  • Location in Bavaria
  • Schools with 33-64 students in the first cohort (i.e., two or three classes per cohort)
  • School director providing informed written consent by March 1st 2023

Inclusion criteria

(Student Level):

  • Informed written consent to participate (or their legal guardians, if aged under 18 years)
  • Part of the first education year (in cohort 2023/2024)

Exclusion criteria

-if any of the criteria mentioned above is not given

Treatment and study plan

Promotion of Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO)

Behavioral

Intervention for the curriculum content "PAHCO" at nursing schools in Bavaria

Primary outcomes

  1. Physical Activity-related Health Competence (Short Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

    Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO) Questionnaire (Carl et al., 2020); higher percentage scores (0 min, 100 max) indicate a better outcome

  2. Psychological Movement Quality (Short Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

    Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES; Jekauc et al., 2020); higher scores (16 min, 80 max) indicate a better outcome

  3. Quality Physical Activity (Short Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

    The outcome is a relational aggregate index between leisure time physical activity and occupational physical activity; higher values (i.e., higher leisure time physical activity relative to occupational physical activity) indicate a better outcome; Leisure time physical activity via BSA Questionnaire (Fuchs et al., 2015); Occupational sitting and physical activity questionnaire (OSPAQ; Chau et al., 2012)

  4. Physical Activity-related Health Competence (Medium Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

    Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO) Questionnaire (Carl et al., 2020); higher percentage scores (0 min, 100 max) indicate a better outcome

  5. Psychological Movement Quality (Medium Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

    Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES; Jekauc et al., 2020); higher scores (16 min, 80 max) indicate a better outcome

  6. Quality Physical Activity (Medium Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

    The outcome is a relational aggregate index between leisure time physical activity and occupational physical activity; higher values (i.e., higher leisure time physical activity relative to occupational physical activity) indicate a better outcome; Leisure time physical activity via BSA Questionnaire (Fuchs et al., 2015); Occupational sitting and physical activity questionnaire (OSPAQ; Chau et al., 2012)

Secondary outcomes

  1. General Health Status (Short Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

    Single-Item (#1) of the Short-Form-Health-Survey (SF-12; Morfeld et al., 2011); after inversion, higher values (0 min, 4 max) will indicate a better outcome

  2. Work Ability (Short Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

    Work Ability Index, short form (WAI-r; Hetzel et al., 2014); higher values (5 min, 36 max) will indicate a better outcome

  3. Musculoskeletal Complaints (Short Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

    Ten items (neck/cervical spine, shoulder joints, ellbow/lower arms, hands, thoracic spine, lower back, hip joints/thighs, knee joints, lower legs, feet) of the Nordic Musculosceletal Questionnaire (NMQ; Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, 2021); lower values will indicate a better outcome

  4. Physical Job Stress in Nursing (Short Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

    Self-developed questionnaire for the physical job stress in nursing; instrument (at its early stage) currently comprises 30 items, will undergo psychometric validation at baseline (T0), lower values (min 0, max 4 for each item) will indicate a better outcome

  5. General Health Status (Medium Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

    Single-Item (#1) of the Short-Form-Health-Survey (SF-12; Morfeld et al., 2011); after inversion, higher values (0 min, 4 max) will indicate a better outcome

  6. Work Ability (Medium Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

    Work Ability Index, short form (WAI-r; Hetzel et al., 2014); higher values (5 min, 36 max) will indicate a better outcome

  7. Musculoskeletal Complaints (Medium Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

    Ten items (neck/cervical spine, shoulder joints, ellbow/lower arms, hands, thoracic spine, lower back, hip joints/thighs, knee joints, lower legs, feet) of the Nordic Musculosceletal Questionnaire (NMQ; Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, 2021); lower values will indicate a better outcome

  8. Physical Job Stress in Nursing (Medium Term)

    Time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

    Self-developed questionnaire for the physical job stress in nursing; instrument (at its early stage) currently comprises 30 items, will undergo psychometric validation at baseline (T0), lower values (min 0, max 4 for each item) will indicate a better outcome

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Other

Collaborators

  • Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Gesundheit und Pflege (Bavarian Federal State)
  • Kaufmännische Krankenkasse KKH (Health Insurance)

Registry information

Official study title

Take Care! - Dissemination Von Bewegungsbezogener Gesundheitskompetenz in Der Pflegeausbildung

Acronym: TakeCare!

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Apr 18, 2023
Registry last updated
Apr 29, 2026

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