Work-Related ConditionMarche_15NCT03507764
Evaluation of a Treadmill Workstation in an Emergency Dispatch Center
A study testing Use of the treadmill workstation at work in people with Work-Related Condition, run by University Hospital, Grenoble at 1 site in France.
Trial summary
The principal objective of this study is to determine if the provision of a treadmill workstation in an emergency medical services (EMS) dispatch center increases the number of steps that participants make daily within 6 months compared to the usual working conditions. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Work-Related Condition
- What is being tested?
- Use of the treadmill workstation at work
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 32 participants
- Where
- 1 siteFrance
- Study dates
- 15 Feb 2018to 31 Dec 2019
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Dispatchers working in Emergency Medical Service
Who cannot join
- Pregnant women
- Inability to walk
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Evaluation of a Treadmill Workstation in an Emergency Dispatch Center. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
The principal objective of this study is to determine if the provision of a treadmill workstation in an emergency medical services (EMS) dispatch center increases the number of steps that participants make daily within 6 months compared to the usual working conditions.
The investigators hypothesized that the provision of a treadmill workstation with a slow walking could increase the number of daily steps and decrease days of leave, musculoskeletal disorders without decreasing the dispatch quality.
Read the detailed description
Sedentariness, measured by the daily duration of time spent seated is a cardiovascular risk factor, chronic pathologies (cancer, musculoskeletal pain) and mortality.
The employees who remain seated from 8 to 11 hours per day have an increase risk of death within 3 years (15%). This increase reaches 40% for more than 11 hours a day.
The restoration of a daily moderate physical activity from 60 to 75 minutes could permit to eliminate this increased risk.
Interventions in workplace to limit sitting are associated with a metabolic benefit, but also with a reduction in musculoskeletal problems and fatigue.
The role of dispatchers is to initiate the medical record by determining the severity of the call and take rapid and adequate decision.
They are seated behind their desks from 8 to 11 hours in a busy and stressful environment.
Many dispatchers are complaining of musculoskeletal disorders and weight gain. An internal study conducted between between 2012 and 2016 showed an increase in long-term pain, irritability and sleep disorders. Overall, 65% of the respondents reported that they were tired at work and had less empathy.
The use of workstations with low-speed treadmills were assessed to allow physical activity at work.
A recent review concluded that their use reduced the time that the employees spent seated, stress and improved energy expenditure, as well as different biological and physical parameters (weight loss, lipid determination, glycaemia). This study did not reveal any alterations in performance at work.
The investigators assume that the establishment of a position allowing slow walk during dispatch call would increase the number of steps made by dispatchers on a daily basis and reduce the number of days of leave and musculoskeletal disorders, without impairing the quality of call pick-up.
- Conditions
- Work-Related Condition
- Being tested
- Use of the treadmill workstation at work
- Keywords
- Treadmills, Exercise, Number of steps, Dispatchers
- Medical subject headings
- Motor Activity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Use of the treadmill workstation at workOther
During the randomized study phase, provision of the treadmill workstation with the recommendation to use it for at least one hour (continuous or split) during each of the working shifts.
After six months, all subjects will use treadmill without restrictions or conditions.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Control Group | No intervention | During the randomized study phase (6 months),subjects will perform their usual activity without access to the treadmill workstation in the dispatch center. After six months, all subjects will continue to be assessed with free access to the treadmill workstation at the workplace. |
| Experimental Group | Experimental | During the randomized study phase, subjects will have an open access to the treadmill workstation with the indication to use it for at least one hour (continuous or split) on working days.
After six months, all subjects will continue to be assessed with free access to the treadmill workstation. Receives: Other: Use of the treadmill workstation at work |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Difference of number of steps at 0 and 6 months
Number of daily steps measured by actimetry (including all walking activities measured over a day).
Measurements will be done with actimetry during one week before the randomization and at 6 months
Measured: 0 and 6 months
Secondary outcomes (13)
Evaluation of Quality of life
Assessment of quality of life with the validated Short Form Health Survey assessment SF-36
Measured: 0, 6 and 12 months
Evaluation of Anxiety and depression
Assessment of anxiety depression with the validated Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score.
This questionnaire helps your physician to know how the patient is feeling.
Measured: 0, 6 and 12 months
Change in blood pressure
Assessment of blood pressure every month
Measured: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Change in heart rate
Assessment of heart rate every month
Measured: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Change in Weight
Assessment of weight every month
Measured: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Assessment of musculoskeletal disorders
Assessment with the validated Standardised Nordic Questionnaire
Measured: 0, 6 and 12 months
Evaluation of non-attendance at work
Number of workdays not realised during the month
Measured: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Job performance evaluation
Assessment with the Likert scale (7-points scale) Level of Performance - 7 point 0 - Not at all performant
- - Low performant
- - Slightly performant
- - Neutral
- - Moderately performant
- - Very performant
- - Extremely performant
Measured: 0, 6 and 12 months
Work satisfaction evaluation
Assessment with the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (7-points scale). Level of Satisfaction - 7 point 0 - Completely dissatisfied
- - Mostly dissatisfied
- - Somewhat dissatisfied
- - neither satisfied or dissatisfied
- - Somewhat satisfied
- - Mostly satisfied
- - Completely satisfied
Measured: 0, 6 and 12 months
Assessment of sleep quality
Assessment with the Pittsburgh Quality Index survey
Measured: 0, 6 and 12 months
Evaluation of tobacco consumption
Mean of packs of smoked cigarettes during the week before the evaluation. This evaluation is based on a declared and quantitative consumption.
Measured: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Evaluation of pickup calls quality
Calls are evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Presentation of the volunteer at the picked up of the call
- Audio quality
- Listening of the patient request
- Empathy
- Relevance of the call sort
- Management of the end of communication
- Call duration
Measured: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Walking period during a working day
Evaluation of walking time on the treadmill with the integrated software
Measured: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Apr 2018
- Study start15 Feb 2018
- Primary completion15 May 2019
- Study completion31 Dec 2019
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Work-Related ConditionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University Hospital, GrenobleThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 32 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Guillaume Debaty, MD, PhD, Principal investigator, CHU Grenoble Alpes, SAMU38
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03507764
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Marche pour le 15
- Acronym
- Marche_15
- Status last verified
- Aug 2019
- First submitted
- 12 Feb 2018
- Last updated
- 7 Oct 2021
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 Oct 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluation of a Treadmill Workstation in an Emergency Dispatch Center. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03507764
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Marche_15 / Marche pour le 15
- Conditions
- Work-Related Condition
- Keywords
- Treadmills, Exercise, Number of steps, Dispatchers
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 32 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, GrenobleUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 15 Feb 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 15 May 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 25 Apr 2018 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The principal objective of this study is to determine if the provision of a treadmill workstation in an emergency medical services (EMS) dispatch center increases the number of steps that participants make daily within 6 months compared to the usual working conditions.
The investigators hypothesized that the provision of a treadmill workstation with a slow walking could increase the number of daily steps and decrease days of leave, musculoskeletal disorders without decreasing the dispatch quality.
Detailed description
Sedentariness, measured by the daily duration of time spent seated is a cardiovascular risk factor, chronic pathologies (cancer, musculoskeletal pain) and mortality.
The employees who remain seated from 8 to 11 hours per day have an increase risk of death within 3 years (15%). This increase reaches 40% for more than 11 hours a day.
The restoration of a daily moderate physical activity from 60 to 75 minutes could permit to eliminate this increased risk.
Interventions in workplace to limit sitting are associated with a metabolic benefit, but also with a reduction in musculoskeletal problems and fatigue.
The role of dispatchers is to initiate the medical record by determining the severity of the call and take rapid and adequate decision.
They are seated behind their desks from 8 to 11 hours in a busy and stressful environment.
Many dispatchers are complaining of musculoskeletal disorders and weight gain. An internal study conducted between between 2012 and 2016 showed an increase in long-term pain, irritability and sleep disorders. Overall, 65% of the respondents reported that they were tired at work and had less empathy.
The use of workstations with low-speed treadmills were assessed to allow physical activity at work.
A recent review concluded that their use reduced the time that the employees spent seated, stress and improved energy expenditure, as well as different biological and physical parameters (weight loss, lipid determination, glycaemia). This study did not reveal any alterations in performance at work.
The investigators assume that the establishment of a position allowing slow walk during dispatch call would increase the number of steps made by dispatchers on a daily basis and reduce the number of days of leave and musculoskeletal disorders, without impairing the quality of call pick-up.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Control Group | No intervention | –During the randomized study phase (6 months),subjects will perform their usual activity without access to the treadmill workstation in the dispatch center. After six months, all subjects will continue to be assessed with free access to the treadmill workstation at the workplace. |
| Experimental Group | Experimental | Other: Use of the treadmill workstation at workDuring the randomized study phase, subjects will have an open access to the treadmill workstation with the indication to use it for at least one hour (continuous or split) on working days. After six months, all subjects will continue to be assessed with free access to the treadmill workstation. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Dispatchers working in Emergency Medical Service
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Pregnant women
- Inability to walk
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Use of the treadmill workstation at workDuring the randomized study phase, provision of the treadmill workstation with the recommendation to use it for at least one hour (continuous or split) during each of the working shifts. After six months, all subjects will use treadmill without restrictions or conditions. | Other | Experimental Group |
Primary outcome
Difference of number of steps at 0 and 6 months
Time frame: 0 and 6 months
Number of daily steps measured by actimetry (including all walking activities measured over a day). Measurements will be done with actimetry during one week before the randomization and at 6 months
13 secondary outcomes
Evaluation of Quality of life
Time frame: 0, 6 and 12 months
Evaluation of Anxiety and depression
Time frame: 0, 6 and 12 months
Change in blood pressure
Time frame: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Change in heart rate
Time frame: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Change in Weight
Time frame: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Assessment of musculoskeletal disorders
Time frame: 0, 6 and 12 months
Evaluation of non-attendance at work
Time frame: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Job performance evaluation
Time frame: 0, 6 and 12 months
Work satisfaction evaluation
Time frame: 0, 6 and 12 months
Assessment of sleep quality
Time frame: 0, 6 and 12 months
Evaluation of tobacco consumption
Time frame: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Evaluation of pickup calls quality
Time frame: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Walking period during a working day
Time frame: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 Oct 2021.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Guillaume Debaty, MD, PhD principal investigator
CHU Grenoble Alpes, SAMU38
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Use of the treadmill workstation at work in people with Work-Related Condition, run by University Hospital, Grenoble at 1 site in France.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Oct 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Difference of number of steps at 0 and 6 months (time frame: 0 and 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Oct 2021.