Health Effects of Reducing Sedentary Behavior

October 23, 2018 updated by: Martin Binks, Texas Tech University
A recent review indicated that sedentary behavior has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality but the intervention studies frequently focus only on changing sedentary behavior (reducing sedentary time) without measuring health-associated outcomes. Elevated cortisol (related to stress) has been linked with health risks. Improved physical fitness has been linked with improved cortisol responses to psychosocial stressors. In addition, increased physical activity induced favorable effects upon low density lipoprotein, high density lipoprotein, and total cholesterol. Previous study also indicated that increasing daily steps have positive effect on blood glucose in people with impaired glucose tolerance. Ultimately, the investigators think that sedentary intervention and stress management may have benefits on these health indicators. As such the investigators will examine whether sedentary intervention or stress management can have positive effect on human health by measuring salivary cortisol, blood lipid profile, fasting blood glucose, blood pressure, resting energy expenditure, and body composition.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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21

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Lubbock, Texas, United States, 79409
        • Texas Tech University - Department of Nutritional Sciences

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age: 18-65 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable/unwilling to provide informed consent.
  • Having mobility impairment.
  • Current severe untreated depression (i.e., score in the severe depression range on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HADS).
  • Women who are pregnant or nursing.
  • Currently smoking (within last 12 months).
  • Currently use medications that affect salivary cortisol level (i.e. prednisone, dexamethasone).
  • Have been diagnosed Addison's disease.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Active Comparator: Control group (C)
Behavioral: Control
An educational handout for sedentary behavior and weekly neutral topic videos
Experimental: Sedentary behavior group (SB)
Behavioral: Reducing sedentary behavior
Educational handouts for sedentary behavior and strategies reducing sedentary behavior and weekly videos related to reduced sedentary behavior
Experimental: Stress management group (SR)
Behavioral: Reducing stress
Educational handouts for sedentary behavior and stress management handout and weekly videos related stress management

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Daily steps
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in daily steps measured via pedometer.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Stress improvement in sedentary behavior group (SB)
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Improvement in stress as measured via Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Stress improvement in sedentary behavior group (SB)
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Improvement in stress as measured via salivary cortisol in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Stress improvement in stress management group (SR)
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Improvement in stress as measured via Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Stress improvement in stress management group (SR)
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Improvement in stress as measured via salivary cortisol in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compare the changes of stress levels between SB and SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compare the changes of stress levels as measured via Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) between SB and SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compare the changes of stress levels between SB and SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compare the changes of stress levels as measured via salivary cortisol between SB and SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Changes in low density lipoprotein (LDL) in SB
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in LDL as measured via finger stick in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in high density lipoprotein (HDL) in SB
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in HDL as measured via finger stick in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in total cholesterol (TC) in SB
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in TC as measured via finger stick in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in triglyceride (TG) in SB
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in TG as measured via finger stick in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in fasting blood glucose in SB
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in fasting blood glucose as measured via finger stick in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in body fat in SB
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in body fat as measured via BODPOD in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in weight in SB
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in weight as measured via BODPOD in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in blood pressure in SB
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in blood pressure as measured via Omron Digital BP Monitor HEM-907XL in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in low density lipoprotein (LDL) in SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in LDL as measured via finger stick in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in high density lipoprotein (HDL) in SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in HDL as measured via finger stick in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in total cholesterol (TC) in SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in TC as measured via finger stick in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in triglyceride (TG) in SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in TG as measured via finger stick in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in fasting blood glucose in SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in fasting blood glucose as measured via finger stick in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in body fat in SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in body fat as measured via BODPOD in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in weight in SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in weight as measured via BODPOD in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in blood pressure in SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Changes in blood pressure as measured via Omron Digital BP Monitor HEM-907XL in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in LDL between SB and SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in LDL between SB and SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in HDL between SB and SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in HDL between SB and SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in TC between SB and SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in TC between SB and SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in TG between SB and SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in TG between SB and SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in fasting blood glucose between SB and SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in fasting blood glucose between SB and SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in body fat between SB and SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in body fat between SB and SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in weight between SB and SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in weight between SB and SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in blood pressure between SB and SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Compared the changes in blood pressure between SB and SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Change in resting energy expenditure in SB
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Change in resting energy expenditure as measured by metabolic cart in SB.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Change in resting energy expenditure in SR
Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)
Change in resting energy expenditure as measured by metabolic cart in SR.
Baseline (pre-intervention) and 4 weeks (post-intervention)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Texas Tech University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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August 13, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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October 8, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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October 8, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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July 16, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 24, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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August 1, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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October 24, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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October 23, 2018

Last Verified

Last Verified

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October 1, 2018

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • TTUIRB2018-347

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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