Aquirre, Lucia

Batt, Mark E.

Blake, Holly

Suggs, L. Suzanne

Tennyson, R.

Zhou, Dingyuan

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Blake, Holly and Suggs, L. Suzanne and Aquirre, Lucia and Tennyson, R. and Zhou, Dingyuan and Batt, Mark E. (2013) Oral: Active8! technology-based intervention to promote physical activity in healthcare employees: a randomised controlled trial. In: UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 9th Annual Scientific Meeting, 9-10 December 2013, Oxford, UK. Access from the University of Nottingham repository: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39007/1/2013%20Blake%20et%20al%20Active8%20UKSBM.pdfCopyright and reuse: The Nottingham ePrints service makes this work by researchers of the University of Nottingham available open access under the following conditions.This article is made available under the University of Nottingham End User licence and may be reused according to the conditions of the licence.  For more details see: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/end_user_agreement.pdfA note on versions: The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher’s version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.For more information, please contact eprints@nottingham.ac.ukCitation:	Blake,	H,	Suggs	LS,	Aquirre	L,	Tennyson	R,	Zhou	D,	Batt	ME.	Oral:	Active8!	Technology-based	intervention	to	promote	physical	activity	in	healthcare	employees:	a	randomised	controlled	trial.	In:	Proceedings	of	the	UK	Society	for	Behavioural	Medicine,	8th	Annual	Scientific	Meeting,	Oxford,	Monday	9th	&	Tuesday	10th	December	2013.		Oral:	Active8!	Technology-based	intervention	to	promote	physical	activity	in	healthcare	employees:	a	randomised	controlled	trial	Holly	Blake,	L.	Suzanne	Suggs,	Lucia	Aquirre,	Rebekah	Tennyson,	Dingyuan	Zhou,	Mark.	E	Batt		Background:	Public	health	policy	advocates	physical	activity	promotion,	particularly	in	healthcare	workplaces.	Objectives:	(i)	test	whether	a	technology-based	health	communications	intervention	can	increase	physical	activity	in	hospital	employees,	(ii)	compare	channels	for	message	delivery	via	mobile-phone	text	messaging	(SMS)	or	email.	Methods:	Randomised	controlled	trial	(n=296	employees,	19-67	years;	mean=38.78;	SD=10.25);	12-	week	motivational	messaging	intervention	designed	to	promote	physical	activity.	Messages	were	160	characters,	tailored	using	Theory	of	Planned	Behaviour	and	delivered	twice	per	week	via	SMS	(n=148)	or	email	(n=148).	Data	were	collected	online	at	baseline,	six	weeks,	12	weeks	and	16	weeks	on	standardised	measures	of	physical	activity	behaviour	and	health-related	quality	of	life.	Results:	Active	travel	(cycling	or	walking	for	transport)	significantly	increased	in	frequency	during	the	intervention	(mean	days/week	=	5.64),	at	immediate	follow-up	(5.35	days)	and	one	month	later	(5.25	days)	compared	with	baseline	(4.83	days).	Participants	spent	significantly	more	time	per	day	on	active	travel	during	the	intervention	(mean=1.57	hours),	at	immediate	follow-up	(2.90	hours),	and	one	month	later	(1.27	hours)	compared	with	baseline	(mean	=	0.60	hour).	Decreases	in	sedentary	behaviour	were	observed	during	and	immediately	after	intervention.	No	improvements	were	observed	in	health-related	quality	of	life.	No	significant	differences	in	outcomes	were	observed	between	email	and	SMS	groups.	Conclusions:	Technology-based	motivational	messaging	can	increase	the	frequency	and	duration	of	active	travel	in	healthcare	employees	which	is	sustained	once	intervention	ends.	Short-term	reductions	in	sedentary	behaviour	can	be	observed.	SMS	and	emails	appear	to	be	equally	effective	as	channels	of	health	communication.		

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