Body Electric: a Pragmatic Trial Evaluating the Viability of Movement Breaks

Study Summary

The purpose of this pragmatic trial is to determine the implementation potential of three movement break doses (every 30, 60, or 90 min) under real-world conditions. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What is the feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, and compliance to the tested movement break doses under real-world conditions? * What is the effectiveness of the movement break doses on improving mood, fatigue, and work performance? * What are the barriers of and facilitators to taking movement breaks across population subgroups (age group, sex, race/ethnicity, employment status, employment setting, and occupation). Researchers will compare differences in the primary (implementation metrics), secondary (mood, fatigue, and work performance), and exploratory (barriers/facilitators) outcomes across the three trial arms (movement breaks every 30, 60, or 120 minutes). Participants will: * Take movement breaks (5 minutes of walking at a self-selected pace) daily according to their dose condition (every 30, 60, or 90 minutes) for two consecutive weeks. * Complete daily surveys to report compliance, barriers/facilitators, and mood/fatigue/work performance. * Complete a survey battery at the end of the study to report implementation potential, rank/rate barriers and facilitators, and evaluate mood/fatigue/work performance. To address the study aims, the investigator will recruit 50,000 adults and will conduct a dosing study that concurrently tests three movement break doses. Participants will complete a 7-day baseline period to assess normal durations of sedentary behavior and movement, followed by a 2-week period during which they will be select a movement break dose to implement in their everyday life for the duration of the program. The break frequency x duration combination will include 5 minute every 30 minutes, 5 minutes every 60 minutes, and 5 minutes every 120 minutes. Work and leisure behaviors, mood, fatigue, and barriers/facilitators will be as

Primary Outcome

Feasibility - Measured by the Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) instrument. The FIM is a 4-item survey that measures the extent to which a new treatment, or an intervention, can be successfully used or carried out within a given setting. This is assessed at study completion via an end-of-study survey. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from completely disagree to completely agree. Higher scores reflect higher feasibility of the intervention.

Conditions Studied

Interventions

• BEHAVIORAL Sedentary Breaks

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