Snacktivity™ to promote physical activity and reduce future risk of disease in the population : protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial and nested qualitative study
Daley, A. J., Griffin, R. A., Moakes, C. A., Sanders, J. P., Skrybant, M., Ives, N., Maylor, B., Greenfield, S. M., Gokal, K., Parretti, H. M., Biddle, S. J. H., Greaves, C., Maddison, R., Mutrie, N., Esliger, D. W., Sherar, L., Edwardson, C. L., Yates, T., Frew, E., . . . Jolly, K. (2023). Snacktivity™ to promote physical activity and reduce future risk of disease in the population : protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial and nested qualitative study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9, Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01272-8
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Background
Many people do not regularly participate in physical activity, which may negatively impact their health. Current physical activity guidelines are focused on promoting weekly accumulation of at least 150 min of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA). Whilst revised guidance now recognises the importance of making small changes to physical activity behaviour, guidance still focuses on adults needing to achieve at least 150 min of MVPA per week. An alternative ‘whole day’ approach that could motivate the public to be more physically active, is a concept called Snacktivity™. Instead of focusing on achieving 150 min per week of physical activity, for example 30 min of MVPA over 5 days, Snacktivity™ encourages the public to achieve this through small, but frequent, 2–5 min ‘snacks’ of MVPA throughout the whole day.
Methods
The primary aim is to undertake a feasibility trial with nested qualitative interviews to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the Snacktivity™ intervention to inform the design of a subsequent phase III randomised trial. A two-arm randomised controlled feasibility trial aiming to recruit 80 inactive adults will be conducted. Recruitment will be from health and community settings and social media. Participants will be individually randomised (1:1 ratio) to receive either the Snacktivity™ intervention or usual care. The intervention will last 12 weeks with assessment of outcomes completed before and after the intervention in all participants. We are interested in whether the Snacktivity™ trial is appealing to participants (assessed by the recruitment rate) and if the Snacktivity™ intervention and trial methods are acceptable to participants (assessed by Snacktivity™/physical activity adherence and retention rates). The intervention will be delivered by health care providers within health care consultations or by researchers. Participants’ experiences of the trial and intervention, and health care providers’ views of delivering the intervention within health consultations will be explored.
Discussion
The development of physical activity interventions that can be delivered at scale are needed. The findings from this study will inform the viability and design of a phase III trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Snacktivity™ to increase physical activity.
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ISRCTN: 64851242.
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Additional information about funding
The Snacktivity™ trial is funded by the NIHR (Programme Grants for Applied Research, reference number: RP-PG-0618–20008). AJD is supported by a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Professorship award. KJ and SG are part-funded by NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands. This research was supported by the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre. This publication presents independent research funded by the NIHR. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. The study sponsor and funders were not involved in study design, data collection, management, analysis, writing of the report or the decision to submit this report for publication. ...License
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