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Physical ActivityTakeCare!NCT05817396

Dissemination of Physical Activity-related Health Competence in Vocational Education of Nursing Care

A study testing Promotion of Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO) in people with Physical Activity and Exercise, run by University of Erlangen-Nürnberg at 1 site in Germany.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The "TakeCare!" study addresses the problem that vocational students of nursing care cope with great physical and psychological demands during their daily routines. To meet these demands, the Bavarian curriculum for generalist nurses has adopted the promotion of physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO) for… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Physical Activity, Exercise, Education
What is being tested?
Promotion of Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
335 participants
Where
1 siteGermany
Study dates
18 Apr 2023to 31 Jul 2025
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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Private or Local Sponsorship
  • Location in Bavaria
  • Schools with 33-64 students in the first cohort (i.e., two or three classes per cohort)
  • School director providing informed written consent by March 1st 2023
  • Informed written consent to participate (or their legal guardians, if aged under 18 years)
  • Part of the first education year (in cohort 2023/2024)

Who cannot join

  • -if any of the criteria mentioned above is not given

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Germany1 site
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Erlangen, Bavaria, 91058

Other trials in Germany

About this study

Official title: Take Care! - Dissemination Von Bewegungsbezogener Gesundheitskompetenz in Der Pflegeausbildung

The "TakeCare!" study addresses the problem that vocational students of nursing care cope with great physical and psychological demands during their daily routines. To meet these demands, the Bavarian curriculum for generalist nurses has adopted the promotion of physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO) for vocational students. However, it must be assumed that the concept has not yet been adopted comprehensively across the Bavarian nursing landscape. Therefore, the "TakeCare!" study tackles the question of how PAHCO can be implemented most appropriately in Bavarian nursing schools. Drawing on experiences from the project PArC-AVE, three different dissemination approaches will being tested and compared with a control group. A total of 16 nursing schools from different regions of Bavaria will be assigned to four different study arms (cluster-randomized design). In the long term, the project aims to derive recommendations for all nursing schools in Bavaria.

Being tested
Promotion of Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO)
Keywords
Nursing Students, Physical-Activity related Health Competence, Implementation, Dissemination, Co-creation, Intervention Development
Medical subject headings
Motor Activity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Promotion of Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO)Behavioural

    Intervention for the curriculum content "PAHCO" at nursing schools in Bavaria

Study groups in NCT05817396
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Cooperative Planning for Promoting PAHCOExperimentalParticipatively developed intervention concept by means of cooperative planning (Rütten, 1997) to promote physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO): A separate cooperative planning process will take place in each of the four schools in this study arm from April to November 2023. Within the framework of these processes, suitable interventions tailored to the target group and the school will be developed for the implementation of the curriculum content "PAHCO" with the participation of actors from science and practice (e.g., teachers, nursing students of the schools). The developed interventions will be implemented from December 2023 under the responsibility of the actors in the schools.
Receives: Behavioral: Promotion of Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO)
Expert-Based Intervention for Promoting PAHCO Delivered by External Physical Activity SpecialistsExperimentalExpert-based intervention concept with external physical activity specialists to promote physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO). We will develop a specific intervention concept for the implementation of the curriculum content "PAHCO" at nursing schools in Bavaria from April to November 2023. Currently (March 2022), it is planned that the intervention will comprise 12 sessions with a duration of 45 or 90 minutes. The entire intervention will be specified during the different steps of intervention mapping (i.e., needs assessment, goal formulation, screening evidence-based intervention content). Physical activity specialists (e.g. sports scientists, physiotherapists) will be trained to implement this expert-based intervention concept from December 2023 to March 2024.
Receives: Behavioral: Promotion of Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO)
Expert-Based Intervention for Promoting PAHCO Delivered by TeachersExperimentalExpert-based intervention concept with teachers as multipliers to promote physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO). We will develop a specific intervention concept for the implementation of the curriculum content "PAHCO" at nursing schools in Bavaria from April to November 2023. Currently (March 2022), it is planned that the intervention will comprise 12 sessions with a duration of 45 or 90 minutes. The entire intervention will be specified during the different steps of intervention mapping (i.e., needs assessment, goal formulation, screening evidence-based intervention content). Teachers of the participating nursing schools of this study arm will be trained to implement this expert-based intervention concept in their school from December 2023 to March 2024.
Receives: Behavioral: Promotion of Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO)
Regular Education and Health PromotionNo interventionNo systematic intervention concept: In the schools of this study arm, there is no systematic and scientifically supported intervention for the implementation of the curriculum content "PAHCO".

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Physical Activity-related Health Competence (Short Term)

    Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO) Questionnaire (Carl et al., 2020); higher percentage scores (0 min, 100 max) indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

  2. Psychological Movement Quality (Short Term)

    Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES; Jekauc et al., 2020); higher scores (16 min, 80 max) indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

  3. Quality Physical Activity (Short Term)

    The outcome is a relational aggregate index between leisure time physical activity and occupational physical activity; higher values (i.e., higher leisure time physical activity relative to occupational physical activity) indicate a better outcome; Leisure time physical activity via BSA Questionnaire (Fuchs et al., 2015); Occupational sitting and physical activity questionnaire (OSPAQ; Chau et al., 2012)

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

  4. Physical Activity-related Health Competence (Medium Term)

    Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO) Questionnaire (Carl et al., 2020); higher percentage scores (0 min, 100 max) indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

  5. Psychological Movement Quality (Medium Term)

    Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES; Jekauc et al., 2020); higher scores (16 min, 80 max) indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

  6. Quality Physical Activity (Medium Term)

    The outcome is a relational aggregate index between leisure time physical activity and occupational physical activity; higher values (i.e., higher leisure time physical activity relative to occupational physical activity) indicate a better outcome; Leisure time physical activity via BSA Questionnaire (Fuchs et al., 2015); Occupational sitting and physical activity questionnaire (OSPAQ; Chau et al., 2012)

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. General Health Status (Short Term)

    Single-Item (#1) of the Short-Form-Health-Survey (SF-12; Morfeld et al., 2011); after inversion, higher values (0 min, 4 max) will indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

  2. Work Ability (Short Term)

    Work Ability Index, short form (WAI-r; Hetzel et al., 2014); higher values (5 min, 36 max) will indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

  3. Musculoskeletal Complaints (Short Term)

    Ten items (neck/cervical spine, shoulder joints, ellbow/lower arms, hands, thoracic spine, lower back, hip joints/thighs, knee joints, lower legs, feet) of the Nordic Musculosceletal Questionnaire (NMQ; Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, 2021); lower values will indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

  4. Physical Job Stress in Nursing (Short Term)

    Self-developed questionnaire for the physical job stress in nursing; instrument (at its early stage) currently comprises 30 items, will undergo psychometric validation at baseline (T0), lower values (min 0, max 4 for each item) will indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)

  5. General Health Status (Medium Term)

    Single-Item (#1) of the Short-Form-Health-Survey (SF-12; Morfeld et al., 2011); after inversion, higher values (0 min, 4 max) will indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

  6. Work Ability (Medium Term)

    Work Ability Index, short form (WAI-r; Hetzel et al., 2014); higher values (5 min, 36 max) will indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

  7. Musculoskeletal Complaints (Medium Term)

    Ten items (neck/cervical spine, shoulder joints, ellbow/lower arms, hands, thoracic spine, lower back, hip joints/thighs, knee joints, lower legs, feet) of the Nordic Musculosceletal Questionnaire (NMQ; Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, 2021); lower values will indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

  8. Physical Job Stress in Nursing (Medium Term)

    Self-developed questionnaire for the physical job stress in nursing; instrument (at its early stage) currently comprises 30 items, will undergo psychometric validation at baseline (T0), lower values (min 0, max 4 for each item) will indicate a better outcome

    Measured: Change from baseline (T0) to follow-up (T3; i.e., one year after the end of the intervention, two years after the baseline)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Apr 2023
  2. Study start18 Apr 2023
  3. Primary completion20 Jun 2025
  4. Study completion31 Jul 2025

Resources

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
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Cluster-Randomized Controled Trial (cRCT) with 16 schools
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
335 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05817396
Sponsor's protocol ID
K1-2497-GLB-21-V1
Acronym
TakeCare!
Status last verified
Apr 2026
First submitted
14 Mar 2023
Last updated
29 Apr 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Lorenz E, Grune E, Popp J, Pfeifer K, Carl J. Focus group-supported development and psychometric exploration of an instrument to assess perceived physical exertion in nursing students. BMC Nurs. 2024 Dec 30;23(1):957. doi: 10.1186/s12912-024-02639-9.

    PubMed 39736619
  • Carl J, Grune E, Popp J, Hartung V, Pfeifer K. Implementation and dissemination of physical activity-related health competence in vocational nursing training: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled intervention trial. Trials. 2024 May 15;25(1):322. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08153-2.

    PubMed 38750590

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Promotion of Physical Activity-related Health Competence (PAHCO) in people with Physical Activity and Exercise, run by University of Erlangen-Nürnberg at 1 site in Germany.

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 6 inclusion and 1 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 29 Apr 2026. 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 Germany. 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?

Physical Activity-related Health Competence (Short Term) (time frame: Change from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T2; i.e., one year after the baseline)). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05817396, which also lists 2 linked publications.

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 29 Apr 2026.

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