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NCT Number: NCT03274635

Penn State Hershey Sitting and Health Study

The purpose of this study is to: (a) evaluate if a desk-based elliptical device can help employees to increase their daily physical activity without compromising work productivity; and (b) evaluate the effects of different types of incentives for pedaling the desk-based elliptical device on employees' pedaling quantity over a one-month intervention period. The study will involve placing a compact elliptical device (provided at no cost by the research team) under employees' desk at Penn State Hershey Medical Center/College of Medicine. Data evaluating the effects of the elliptical device on work productivity will be obtained from both employees and the employees' supervisors.

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Key information

Conditions

Physical Activity Behavior Motor Activity

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Full time employee, employed at least 35 hours per week at Penn State Hershey
  • Able to provide documented approval from supervisor to participate
  • Age 18-70 years
  • Overweight or obese (BMI between 25-55)
  • Sit at desk at least 5 hours per day
  • Have regular working hours between 6 am and 6 pm on weekdays
  • Ability to understand written and spoken English
  • Own a smartphone (Android or iPhone) with Internet access
  • Willing to download cycling app on smartphone during one month study period

Exclusion criteria

  • Not present in Penn State Hershey office during study period due to personal circumstances such as travel/extended vacation or leave, relocation, or health-related circumstances
  • Advised to only do physical activity recommended by a physician
  • Chest pain during physical activity or during prior month
  • Currently has a desk-based pedaling device or treadmill workstation already installed at desk

Treatment and study plan

Desk-based pedaling device and pedaling incentives provided

Behavioral

Varying types of incentives, equivalent in monetary value, will be randomly assigned across the 6 arms to promote regular desk-based pedaling. A free desk-based pedaling device will be provided. Effects on amount of desk-based pedaling and work productivity will be evaluated.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Worker Productivity

    Time frame: Baseline (1 month period prior to program start) and post-program (immediately after program ends)

    Self-report assessments of worker productivity. The assessments will ask about work productivity in the prior 4-week period.

  2. Elliptical Device Pedaling Quantity

    Time frame: 1 month (4 weeks) during pedaling program

    Objectively-measured pedaling quantity from elliptical device

Secondary outcomes

  1. User satisfaction, process evaluations

    Time frame: Post-program (immediately after program ends)

    Satisfaction with intervention condition

  2. General (non-desk pedaling) physical activity

    Time frame: Baseline (1 month period prior to program start) and post-program (immediately after program ends)

    Self-reported physical activity

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Desk-Compatible Elliptical Device: Feasibility Evaluation

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2020
First posted
Sep 7, 2017
Registry last updated
Oct 19, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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