The MOVE study: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing interventions to maximise attendance at physical activity facilities.
BACKGROUND
Physical activity is associated with a host of health benefits, yet many individuals do not perform sufficient physical activity to realise these benefits. One approach to rectifying this situation is through modifying the built environment to make it more conducive to physical activity, such as by building walking tracks or recreational physical activity facilities. Often, however, modifications to the built environment are not connected to efforts aimed at encouraging their use. The purpose of the Monitoring and Observing the Value of Exercise (MOVE) study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two interventions designed to encourage the ongoing use of a new, multi-purpose, community-based physical activity facility.


METHODS
A two-year, randomised controlled trial with yearly survey points (baseline, 12 months follow-up, 24 months follow-up) will be conducted among 1,300 physically inactive adult participants aged 18-70 years. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: control, intervention 1 (attendance incentives), or intervention 2 (attendance incentives and tailored support following a model based on customer relationship management). Primary outcome measures will include facility usage, physical activity participation, mental and physical wellbeing, community connectedness, social capital, friendship, and social support. Secondary outcome measures will include stages of change for facility usage and social cognitive decision-making variables.


CONCLUSIONS
This study will assess whether customer relationship management systems, a tool commonly used in commercial marketing settings, can encourage the ongoing use of a physical activity facility. Findings may also indicate the population segments among which the use of such systems are most effective, as well as their cost-effectiveness.


BACKGROUND
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12615000012572 (registered 9 January 2015).
Department of Marketing, Deakin Business School, Deakin University, 70 Elgar Road, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia. j.newton@deakin.edu.au.
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School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Alfred Centre, Monash University, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia. ruth.klein@monash.edu.
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School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia. adrian.bauman@sydney.edu.au.
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Department of Marketing, Peninsula Campus, Monash University, McMahons Road, Frankston, VIC, 3199, Australia. fiona.newton@monash.edu.
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Newton
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Alfred Centre, Monash University, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia. ajay.mahal@monash.edu.
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Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor, Peninsula Campus, Monash University, McMahons Road, Frankston, VIC, 3199, Australia. kara.gilbert@monash.edu.
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Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor, Peninsula Campus, Monash University, McMahons Road, Frankston, VIC, 3199, Australia. leon.piterman@monash.edu.
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Department of Marketing, Deakin Business School, Deakin University, 70 Elgar Road, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia. michael.ewing@deakin.edu.au.
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Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Hayman Road, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia. robert.donovan@cbs.curtin.edu.au.
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School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Alfred Centre, Monash University, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia. ben.smith@monash.edu.
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