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Effects of a physical activity promotion programme on body composition in emerging adults with physical inactivity: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open · 6 authors, 2 centres

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POPULATION114 university students aged 18–25 years with physical inactivity

INTERVENTIONA 16-week, face-to-face and e-health blended physical activity promotion programme based on goal attainment theory

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This is a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial that will test a 16-week physical activity promotion programme on body composition in physically inactive university students aged 18-25.

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This paper outlines the protocol for a planned randomised controlled trial. The study will recruit 114 physically inactive university students (aged 18–25) and randomise them to either a control group or a treatment group. The intervention is a 16-week programme blending face-to-face and e-health components, designed using goal attainment theory. The primary objective is to evaluate the effect of this programme on body composition, specifically skeletal muscle mass, body fat mass, BMI, and body fat percentage. Secondary outcomes include physical activity levels, goal attainment, self-efficacy, and motivation, assessed monthly during the intervention and at a 1-month follow-up. Key limitations acknowledged include challenges in blinding due to the intervention's nature, potential recruitment difficulties, possible bias from phone-based follow-up assessments, and the generalisability of the sample.

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114 university students aged 18–25 years with physical inactivity

IINTERVENTION

A 16-week, face-to-face and e-health blended physical activity promotion programme based on goal attainment theory

OOUTCOME

Primary outcome: body composition (skeletal muscle mass, body fat mass, body mass index, body fat percentage). Other outcomes: physical activity level, goal attainment scale scores, exercise self-efficacy, and motivation level.

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ORIGINAL PAPER

PMC10565148

Effects of a physical activity promotion programme on body composition in emerging adults with physical inactivity: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

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Introduction A dramatic decline in physical activity may occur in emerging adulthood because of a major transition over the course of a life. The potential for implementing structured behaviour modification strategies to enhance risk-reducing clinical outcomes is widely recognised. The active participation of clients in the discussion and care process is crucial for optimising intervention outcomes and enhancing individuals’ motivation to adopt and maintain healthy behaviours. This study therefore aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a physical activity promotion programme based on the goal attainment theory in relation to emerging adults’ body composition, using a face-to-face and e-health blended interventions. Methods and analysis A two-arm, double-blind, randomised, controlled study will be conducted in 114 university students aged 18–25 years with physical inactivity. The intervention assignment will be blind to study participants, outcome assessors and study statisticians. A goal achievement theory-based physical activity promotion programme is developed in this study, which is a 16-week, face-to-face and e-health-blended physical activity promotion intervention. After informed consent, participants will be randomly assigned to either a control group or a treatment group before the start of the study. The primary outcome is body composition (ie, skeletal muscle mass, body fat mass, body mass index and body fat percentage). Other outcomes include physical activity level, goal attainment scale scores, exercise self-efficacy and motivation level, which will be assessed during the intervention (every 4 weeks) and at the 1 month follow-up. Continuous variables have means and SD, while categorical variables have frequencies and percentages. Independent-samples t-tests will be used to compare continuous variable changes. χ 2 tests will be used to compare categorical variable changes. Based on the baseline scores, analysis of covariance will compare the follow-up results. Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hangzhou Normal University (ratification date: 14 November 2022, 2022059). The results of the study will be submitted for publication and dissemination in a peer-reviewed journal. Trial registration number NCT05697679 .

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Tao Xu, Yuexian Tao, Rong Chen et al.. Effects of a physical activity promotion programme on body composition in emerging adults with physical inactivity: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076123

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Tao Xu, Yuexian Tao, Rong Chen, Garry Strachan, Xintong Cai, Chengyi Liu

1School of Nursing, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
2School of Foreign Languages, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China