Mackey 2011

Trial name or title
Methods	Random allocation Location: Australia
Participants	Population: employees of 1 of 3 of the university’s campuses located in Sydney and Melbourne, working on a part‐time or full‐time basis in either a job with an academic or administrative designation.
Interventions	Duration of intervention: 12 weeks The intervention will comprise 2 distinct treatment phases targeting behaviour adoption (weeks 1‐4) and adherence (weeks 5‐12) using 'stages of behaviour change' principles Adoption phase of the walking intervention will consist of individually targeted, supervised, 60‐minute education/information group sessions of 5‐6 participants held once a week The adherence phase of the walking intervention will be self‐directed and remotely monitored to encourage participant compliance and progression. Participants will select their own preferred walking option(s) from 3 alternatives, walking routes, walking within tasks (walk and talk seminars or meetings) or walking for transport. Participants will be encouraged to select a mix of the options from day‐to‐day depending on their preferences. Control: no intervention
Outcomes	Primary outcome: Average workday step count: measured by pedometer (Yamax SW‐200) and averaged over 5 working days at each time point Secondary outcomes Mental health status: the psychological wellbeing of participants will be measured by a validated self‐administered questionnaire; Kessler‐10 Physical activity participation will be measured by the validated Active Australia Survey Physical health status will be measured by 3 standard measures of cardiovascular and metabolic health Blood pressure Waist circumference Body fat percentage Work ability
Starting date	March 2010
Contact information	Martin Mackey, email: martin.mackey@sydney.edu.au
Notes	Study sponsors: Australian Research Council: ARC (Industry) Linkage Grant Professor Philip Taylor