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Days in Motion: A Planning Intervention Study With Couples to Enhance Daily Physical Activity (DiM)
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Dyadic planning intervention, Individual planning intervention, and 1 other intervention for Health Behavior and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 346 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Regular physical activity is one prominent health-protective behaviour which might increase with the help of self-regulatory strategies such as action planning. The aim of this randomised controlled trial is to examine changes in daily moderate physical activity in couples following (a) a dyadic planning intervention, (b) an individual planning intervention or (c) a no-planning control condition. Changes in daily physical activity will be examined over a period of one year. It is assumed that target persons from couples receiving a dyadic planning intervention will show greater increases in daily physical activity than target persons from couples receiving an individual planning intervention. For couples receiving a dyadic planning intervention or an individual planning intervention, it is hypothesized that target persons will show higher increases in daily physical activity than target persons from couples participating in the no-planning control condition.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Dyadic planning refers to creating together with a partner if-then plans on when, where, and how the individual target person will implement a new behaviour.
Target persons form action plans on their own.
Both partners are asked to read a brochure that aims at enhancing their motivation to increase levels of moderate physical activity. They respond to a quiz afterwards.