Community Based Promotion of Physical Activity in Nepal (COBIN-PA)

April 23, 2024 updated by: University of Aarhus

Community-based Promotion of Physical Activity in a Semi-urban Area of Pokhara Metropolitan City, Nepal: a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial

Globally, one in four adults does not meet the WHO-recommended level of physical activity. Insufficient physical activity is the fourth leading risk factor, contributing to 9% of global premature mortality. PA is effective in weight management, cardiorespiratory fitness, and increasing quality of life. However, there is lack of evidence on effectiveness on promoting physical activity in community level. The aim of the study is to test the effectiveness of Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs)-led community-based educational program on physical activity promotion in community level. This is an open label cluster-randomized controlled trial with 1:1 allocation where FCHVs will deliver a family-based education for the promotion of physical activity at community level in Nepal. The intervention package will be guided by Theory of planned behavior and will contain home-based interactive health education sessions focused on increasing PA in a household setting. FCHVs will use resource materials for health education. The mixed-effect linear regression model will determine the adjusted interaction between time and intervention. The results of this study will show the changes in the mean moderate to vigorous physical activity minutes per day due to time intervention interaction. The evidence generated from this study will help to provide new knowledge on the community-based promotion of Physical Activity and its effectiveness for policymakers and researchers. It will hopefully support the attainment of the national and global target of reducing insufficient physical activity.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

264

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adults aged 19 to 69 years
  • without the intention of migrating out of the area for the next 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Those severely ill
  • History of mental illness
  • Decline to provide consent

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group
No intervention
Experimental: Intervention Group

Behavioral: FCHV visit

- FCHVs will provide family based physical activity educational intervention through household visit in selected households monthly for 3 months.

This intervention will be designed to promote physical activity among adults

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Mean moderate to vigorous physical activity
Time Frame: 6 months
Change in mean moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

May 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

October 30, 2024

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 23, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 23, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

April 26, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 26, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 23, 2024

Last Verified

March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Aarhus111

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Exercise

Clinical Trials on FCHVs-led community based educational physical activity intervention

3
Subscribe