The PAC Project: Integrating a Physical Activity Counsellor in the Primary Health Care Team (PAC)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00222560 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : September 22, 2005
Last Update Posted : April 30, 2007
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Physical Inactivity | Behavioral: Intensive physical activity counselling by an integrated physical activity counsellor | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 120 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Official Title: | The PAC Project: Integrating a Physical Activity Counsellor in the Primary Health Care Team: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
Study Start Date : | May 2005 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2006 |

- task motivation to engage in physical activity (0-100% motivated to engage in physical activity from 1-7 days a week in the next 6 weeks) [ Time Frame: baseline, 6 weeks, 13 weeks, 19 weeks, 25 weeks ]
- task self-efficacy to engage in physical activity (0-100% confident to engage in physical activity from 1-7 days a week in the next 6 weeks), measured every 6 weeks up to 25 weeks for maintenance [ Time Frame: baseline, 6 weeks, 13 weeks, 19 weeks, 25 weeks ]
- Physical activity (subjective: in units with the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire) [ Time Frame: baseline, 6 weeks, 13 weeks, 19 weeks, 25 weeks ]
- physical activity (objective: in activity counts by the Actical accelerometer) [ Time Frame: baseline, 13 weeks, 25 weeks ]
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: baseline, 13 weeks, 25 weeks ]
- Physical and metabolic outcomes (33% sample) [ Time Frame: baseline, 13 weeks, 25 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 69 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- aged 18 to 69 years
- <150 minutes of physical activity/week
- no uncontrolled medical conditions
Exclusion Criteria:
- pregnancy (funder's request),
- planned absence >3 weeks during the first 3 months of the study,
- living with another patient in the study,
- uncontrolled medical condition,
- did not receive a physical activity prescription from their provider during the brief physical activity counselling,
- received brief counselling more than once during the trial period and
- uninterested in receiving intensive physical activity counselling

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00222560
Canada, Ontario | |
Montfort Hospital | |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1K 0T1 |
Principal Investigator: | Michelle Fortier, PhD | University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences | |
Principal Investigator: | William Hogg, MD | Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa and the C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00222560 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
G03-05441 |
First Posted: | September 22, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 30, 2007 |
Last Verified: | April 2007 |
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