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The effectiveness of physical activity monitoring and distance counselling in an occupational health setting -- a research protocol for a randomised controlled trial ( CoAct ) . BACKGROUND The CoAct ( Cocreating Activity ) study is investigating a novel lifestyle intervention , aimed at the working population , with daily activity monitoring and distance counselling via telephone and secure web messages . The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle counselling on the level of physical activity in an occupational health setting . The purposes include also analysing the potential effects of changes in physical activity on productivity at work and sickness absence , and healthcare costs . This article describes the design of the study and the participant flow until and including randomization . METHODS/DESIGN CoAct is a randomised controlled trial with two arms : a control group and intervention group with daily activity monitoring and distance counselling . The intervention focuses on lifestyle modification and takes 12 months . The study population consists of volunteers from 1100 eligible employees of a Finnish insurance company . The primary outcomes of this study are change in physical activity measured in MET minutes per week , work productivity and sickness absence , and healthcare utilisation . Secondary outcomes include various physiological measures . Cost-effectiveness analysis will also be performed . The outcomes will be measured by questionnaires at baseline , after 6 , 12 , and 24 months , and sickness absence will be obtained from the employer 's registers . DISCUSSION No trials are yet available that have evaluated the effectiveness of daily physical activity monitoring and distance counselling in an occupational health setting over a 12 month period and no data on cost-effectiveness of such intervention are available . TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov identifier : NCT00994565 .
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Intervention_Educational
lifestyle intervention
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Intervention_Control
control
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Intervention_Educational
daily activity monitoring and distance counselling .
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Outcome_Other
effectiveness
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Outcome_Other
effectiveness
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Outcome_Mental
physical activity
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Outcome_Mental
productivity at work
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Outcome_Mental
sickness absence
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Outcome_Mental
healthcare costs
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Outcome_Other
change in physical activity measured in MET minutes per week , work productivity and sickness absence , and healthcare utilisation .
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Outcome_Physical
various physiological measures
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Outcome_Other
Cost-effectiveness
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Outcome_Other
questionnaires
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Outcome_Mental
sickness absence
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Outcome_Other
cost-effectiveness
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Participant_Condition
working
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Participant_Sample-size
volunteers
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Participant_Sample-size
1100 eligible employees