Trial reportHealth and quality of life outcomes2013
Use of pedometer-driven walking to promote physical activity and improve health-related quality of life among meat processing workers: a feasibility trial.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Towards a better understanding of brief lifestyle interventions in noncommunicable diseases: a concept analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Workplace pedometer interventions for increasing physical activity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace-based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity and obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Investigating the effect of a 3-month workplace-based pedometer-driven walking programme on health-related quality of life in meat processing workers: a feasibility study within a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Walking away from back pain: one step at a time - a community-based randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Key lifestyles and interim health outcomes for effective interventions in general populations: A network analysis of a large international observational study.Journal of global health · 2023Observational
- Effectiveness of Pedometer-Based Walking Program to Improve Physical Activity of Workers in a Software Industry: An Experimental Study.International journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
- An Analysis of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Butchers in Kano Metropolis, Nigeria.Safety and health at work · 2016Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundCurrent evidence supports the use of pedometers as effective motivational tools to promote physical activity and improve health-related quality of life in the general population. The aims of this study are to examine whether a pedometer-driven walking programme can improve health-related quality of life, and increase ambulatory activity in a population of meat processing workers when compared to a control group receiving educational material alone. METHODS/
designA feasibility study employing a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design will collect data at three time points. A sample of up to 60 meat workers will be recruited and randomly assigned to either an intervention group N = 30 (12-week pedometer-driven walking program, brief intervention, and educational material), or control group N = 30 (educational material only). The primary outcomes of ambulatory activity, health-related quality of life, and functional capacity, will be evaluated at baseline, immediately following the 12-week intervention and then at three month post-intervention. DISCUSSION: This paper describes the design of a feasibility randomized controlled trial, which aims to assess the effectiveness of the introduction of a workplace pedometer-driven walking program compared to normal lifestyle advice in meat processing workers. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER (ANZCTR): 12613000087752.
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