The Barts Health Covid-19 Physical Activity Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Investigating the impact of a smart watch based physical activity intervention to support NHS staff during the current Covid-19 outbreak.
IRAS ID
283199
Contact name
Mays Jawad
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Barts Health NHS trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
n.a, n/a
Duration of Study in the UK
5 years, 0 months, 24 days
Research summary
The recent Covid-19 outbreak has led to significant changes in the working patterns of trust staff. Up to a third are now working from home, some are in isolation and others have been redeployed and had working patterns changed. The impact of this and wider social distancing measures has meant that opportunities to exercise and maintain PA have been significantly reduced.
Regular exercise is a national recommendation and will have significant benefits to individuals physical and mental health wellbeing. It is recommended that everyone should aim for 150 minutes moderate exercise a week, complete two strength-based exercise session a week and avoid prolonged inactivity. The new working patterns, and social distancing measures will mean that it is harder to staff to achieve these recommendations.
We would like to assess the physical activity levels of staff who are (working on site, in isolation or working from home). We would also like to assess the impact of structured wellbeing interventions that would improve access to equipment, provide exercise resources or access to areas that will help staff wellbeing.
The study will run for a period of 18 months and we will assess a series of interventions to improve staff wellbeing. We aim to monitor Physical activity levels and sleep using a smart watch based device. The data will be collected on an online platform.
REC name
South Central - Hampshire A Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/SC/0421
Date of REC Opinion
12 Nov 2020
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion