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NCT03760393
A Combined HAPA and mHealth Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in University Students
NA trial testing (SB-related planning + daily text messages) in Sedentary Lifestyle in 30 participants. Completed in 1 June 2020.
1 June 2020
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Western University, Canada |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 30 |
| Start date | 1 January 2019 |
| Primary completion | 1 June 2020 |
| Estimated completion | 1 June 2020 |
| Sites | 1 location across Canada |
Drugs / interventions tested
- (SB-related planning + daily text messages)
Conditions studied
- Sedentary Lifestyle — all drugs for Sedentary Lifestyle →
- Health Behaviour Change — all drugs for Health Behaviour Change →
Sponsor
Western University, Canada
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Sedentary Lifestyle or Health Behaviour Change. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Societal changes have resulted in reduced demands to be active and increased daily time spent sitting. Sedentary behavior (SB) has been linked to many health problems such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. University students are a high-risk population for excessive SB. Increasing the length and frequency of breaks from sitting and increasing the time spent standing and engaged in light physical activity are ways to decrease SB. The purpose of this study is to determine whether combining a Health Action Process Approach-based (theory-driven), specifically action and coping planning intervention, with a tailored text messaging intervention can reduce occupational (student) sitting time among university students. Participants in the intervention group will receive one behavioural counselling session, followed by daily, tailored text messages over a 6-week period, with a focus on encouraging them to reduce their sitting time as a student by increasing their frequency and duration of breaks from sitting, as well as time spent standing and engaged in light-intensity physical activity. It is expected that university students who receive the planning intervention and tailored text messages will report greater increases in non-sedentary behaviours (e.g., break frequency, break duration, standing, light physical activity) than those who do not receive the intervention.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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A combined health action process approach and mHealth intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in university students - a randomized controlled trial.
Dillon K, Rollo S, Prapavessis H. · · 2022 · cited 20× · PMID 33780297 · DOI 10.1080/08870446.2021.1900574
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03760393 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Western University, Canada
- Last refreshed: 16 June 2020
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