Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29183291›Full record

Trial reportBMC public health2017

Optimization of the Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) weight loss and healthy lifestyle program for male hockey fans.

Wendy Blunt, Dawn P Gill, Shannon L Sibbald, Brendan Riggin, Roseanne W Pulford, Ryan Scott, Karen Danylchuk, Cindy M Gray, Sally Wyke, Christopher Bunn and 1 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialPragmatic Clinical Trial
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02396524 (Hockey Fans in Training), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02396524 nacompletednot on this map

Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT): A Pilot Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of an Exercise and Healthy Living Program for Middle-aged, Overweight and Obese Men

TypeinterventionalSponsorWestern University, CanadaRan2015 to 2016Enrolled80ConditionsOverweight, ObesityArmsHockey FIT Program
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Trial
  4. Trial
  5. Trial
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Wendy BluntDepartment of Family Medicine, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Dawn P GillDepartment of Family Medicine, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Shannon L SibbaldDepartment of Family Medicine, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Brendan RigginSchool of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Roseanne W PulfordDepartment of Family Medicine, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Ryan ScottSchool of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Karen DanylchukSchool of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Cindy M GrayInstitute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Sally WykeInstitute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Christopher BunnInstitute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Robert J PetrellaDepartment of Family Medicine, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. petrella@uwo.ca.

Funding

Movember Foundation Canadian Men's Health & Wellbeing Innovation Challenge
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe health outcomes of men continue to be poorer than women globally. Challenges in addressing this problem include difficulties engaging men in weight loss programs as they tend to view these programs as contrary to the masculine narrative of independence and self-reliance. Researchers have been turning towards sports fans to engage men in health promotion programs as sports fans are typically male, and tend to have poor health habits.

methodsDeveloped from the highly successful gender-sensitized Football Fans in Training program, Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) recruited 80 male hockey fans of the London Knights and Sarnia Sting who were overweight or obese into a weekly, 90-minute classroom education and group exercise program held over 12 weeks; a 40-week minimally-supported phase followed. A process evaluation of the Hockey FIT program was completed alongside a pragmatic randomized controlled trial and outcome evaluation in order to fully explore the acceptability of the Hockey FIT program from the perspectives of coaches delivering and participants engaged in the program. Data sources included attendance records, participant focus groups, coach interviews, assessment of fidelity (program observations and post-session coach reflections), and 12-month participant interviews.

resultsCoaches enjoyed delivering the program and found it simple to deliver. Men valued being among others of similar body shape and similar weight loss goals, and found the knowledge they gained through the program helped them to make and maintain health behaviour changes. Suggested improvements include having more hockey-related information and activities, greater flexibility with timing of program delivery, and greater promotion of technology support tools.

conclusionsWe confirmed Hockey FIT was an acceptable "gender-sensitized" health promotion program for male hockey fans who were overweight or obese. Minor changes were required for optimization, which will be evaluated in a future definitive trial.

trial registrationNCT02396524 (Clinicaltrials.gov). Date of registration: Feb 26, 2015.

Indexed as

HockeyAdultAgedHealth PromotionHealthy LifestyleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityOntarioOverweightProgram EvaluationWeight LossWeight Reduction ProgramsLifestyle interventionMen’s healthOverweight/obesityProcess evaluation, sports fansWeight loss

Identifiers

PMID29183291
PMCPMC5706169

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.