Workers' Acceptability of a Prototype Integrated and Interactive Pedal Desk (WAPD)

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01956071
• Recruitment Status: Completed
• First Posted: October 8, 2013
• Results First Posted: February 18, 2019
• Last Update Posted: February 18, 2019
• Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Corby K. Martin, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Study Description

Brief Summary:

The purpose of this study is to assess full-time workers'impressions and acceptability of a prototype pedal desk. The pedal-desk is a semi-recumbent (upright) portable pedal mechanism that allows workers to complete tasks in a traditional seated position.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Acceptability of Semi-recumbent Pedal Desk	Device: WAPD	Not Applicable

Detailed Description:

Researchers in recent years have begun to consider how modern occupational practices and environments could be enriched to facilitate increased energy expenditure by replacing sedentary behaviors with opportunities for non-exercise physical activity without competing with time committed to work tasks. The investigators have developed a pedal desk: a semi-recumbent (upright) portable pedal mechanism with a maneuverable and adaptable desktop. While utilizing the pedal desk, workers are able to complete their tasks in a more traditional seated position. Determining workers' acceptability is a key initial step in translating this "sedentary behavior countermeasure" to real workplace settings.

In addition to having their height, weight, body fat percentage, and bioelectrical impedance measured, eligible participants will be asked to complete three tasks while simultaneously pedaling at a sustainable and self-selected pace. The three tasks are: 1) compose and send an email; 2) search a topic on the internet, and 3) complete an on-line questionnaire. The questionnaire that participants will complete was developed specifically for this study, utilizes Likert scales, and is based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. Constructs tested focus on perceptions of using the pedal desk at work and include: behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs, control beliefs, intention, self-efficacy, and an open-ended question soliciting general impressions concerning using the pedal desk at work.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional (Clinical Trial)
• Actual Enrollment: 44 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Device Feasibility
• Official Title: Workers' Acceptability of a Prototype Integrated and Interactive Pedal Desk
• Study Start Date: January 2014
• Actual Primary Completion Date: April 2014
• Actual Study Completion Date: April 2014

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/treatment
Experimental: WAPD; Participants were asked to complete three tasks while simultaneously pedaling at a sustainable and self-selected pace. The three tasks were: 1) compose and send an email; 2) search a topic on the internet, and 3) complete an on-line questionnaire.	Device: WAPD; The objective was to assess workers' acceptability of the Pennington Pedal Desk.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Pedal Desk Trial Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Visit 1 ]
   Full-time sedentary workers used the pedal desk for 15 minutes while they: 1) searched the internet, 2) composed an email, and 3) completed acceptability ratings using an online Likert scale anchored from 1/strongly disagree to 5/strongly agree. The Questionnaire assessed subjective opinions about exercise and use of the Pedal Desk. No subscale or total scores were generated, and there are no maximum or minimum values. Rather, the number and proportion of participants who rated "strongly agree", etc. on each item was calculated.

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 21 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• full-time employee at Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• between ages 21 and 65
• self-report primarily sitting while at work
• comfortable sending emails and searching topics on the internet

Exclusion Criteria:

• weigh more than 250 pounds
• have physical limitations that prevent performance of pedaling motions
• pregnancy
• pacemaker or metal joint replacement

Contacts and Locations

Locations

United States, Louisiana

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808

Sponsors and Collaborators

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

More Information

• Responsible Party: Corby K. Martin, Principle Investigator, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01956071
• Other Study ID Numbers: PBRC 2013-050
• First Posted: October 8, 2013
• Results First Posted: February 18, 2019
• Last Update Posted: February 18, 2019
• Last Verified: October 2018