title: Use of pedometer-driven walking to promote physical activity and improve health-related quality of life among meat processing workers: a feasibility trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Current evidence supports the use of pedometers as effective motivational tools to promote physical activity and improve health-related quality of life in the general population. The aims of this study are to examine whether a pedometer-driven walking programme can improve health-related quality of life, and increase ambulatory activity in a population of meat processing workers when compared to a control group receiving educational material alone.
  
  
  METHODS
  A feasibility study employing a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design will collect data at three time points. A sample of up to 60 meat workers will be recruited and randomly assigned to either an intervention group N = 30 (12-week pedometer-driven walking program, brief intervention, and educational material), or control group N = 30 (educational material only). The primary outcomes of ambulatory activity, health-related quality of life, and functional capacity, will be evaluated at baseline, immediately following the 12-week intervention and then at three month post-intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This paper describes the design of a feasibility randomized controlled trial, which aims to assess the effectiveness of the introduction of a workplace pedometer-driven walking program compared to normal lifestyle advice in meat processing workers.
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authors.affiliation: Centre for Health, Activity & Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. almsu521@student.otago.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Suliman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mansi
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milosavljevic
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tumilty
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hendrick
authors.forename: G David
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Baxter
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009520:New Zealand; D016272:Occupational Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D016138:Walking