Short-term Behavior Change With Pedal Desk Installation (PD-ST)

The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate participant use of a dedicated office pedal desk with and without behavioral support.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Physical Activity in the Workplace
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Self-Directed Pedal Desk; Behavioral: Facilitated Pedal Desk; Behavioral: Facilitated Pedal Desk with Pedometer

Detailed Description

For this pilot study the investigators will identify and recruit up to 20 full time Pennington Biomedical staff members employed in sedentary jobs (i.e., report mostly sitting during working hours). The sample size is limited by the number of pedal desks being built for this pilot study and the need for timely data generation. Although the investigators can stagger starts as needed, all participants must intend to be on campus for the subsequent 6 weeks after they start the intervention. Two cohorts of 10 participants will complete the three 2-week conditions in the following order: 1) SELF-DIRECTED use where participants have access to their daily recorded data but will not have any other form of feedback or goal-setting; 2) FACILITATED use where participants are provided with their daily recorded pedal desk data and additional daily behavioral support from an interventionist (e.g., feedback and goal-setting) to increase their use of the pedal desk by an individually negotiated and agreed upon amount; 3) FACILITATED use with PEDOMETER where participants will be provided with their daily recorded pedal desk and step count data and additional daily behavioral support from an interventionist (e.g., feedback and goal-setting) to increase their use of the pedal desk by an individually negotiated and agreed upon amount and increase their step count by 3,000 steps/day compared to baseline. Participants will be asked to pedal at a sustainable and self-selected pace while using the pedal desk.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 7
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Louisiana
    • Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808
      • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 21 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Be a full-time employee at Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Be between 21 and 65 years of age
• Primarily sit while at work
• Work from a private office/cubicle

Exclusion Criteria:

• Weigh more than 250 pounds
• Have physical limitations that prevent performance of pedaling motions
• Plan to be away from work for the 6 weeks of the intervention
• Be pregnant
• Have a pace maker and/or metal joint replacement
• Plan to be away from work for the 6 weeks of the intervention

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Other: Pedal Desk; Participants will complete three 2-week conditions in the following order: Self-directed Pedal Desk; Facilitated Pedal Desk; Facilitated Pedal Desk with Pedometer

Behavioral: Self-Directed Pedal Desk; participants will have a pedal desk installed in their office and will have access to their daily recorded data but will not have any other form of feedback or goal-setting; Behavioral: Facilitated Pedal Desk; participants are provided with their daily recorded pedal desk data and additional daily behavioral support from an interventionist (e.g., feedback and goal-setting) to increase their use of the pedal desk by an individually negotiated and agreed upon amount; Behavioral: Facilitated Pedal Desk with Pedometer; participants will be provided with their daily recorded pedal desk and step count data and additional daily behavioral support from an interventionist (e.g., feedback and goal-setting) to increase their use of the pedal desk by an individually negotiated and agreed upon amount and increase their step count by 3,000 steps/day compared to baseline.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Weight Change (kg)	KG weight change from Baseline to 6 weeks	Baseline to 6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Corby K Martin, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 12, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 4, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): April 9, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 29, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 28, 2019
• Last Verified: March 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Physical Activity; Workplace; Energy Expenditure; Pedal Desk
• Other Study ID Numbers: PBRC 2013-051

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED
• IPD Plan Description: Yes