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U@Uni LifeGuide: Trial of an online health behaviour intervention to promote healthy lifestyle habits in new university students

Not Recruiting

Open to: All Genders

Age: Adult

Sheffield

Medical Conditions

Health behaviour (fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking).

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Healthy eating, being physically active, drinking sensibly and not smoking are known to reduce the risk of developing serious diseases and conditions such as cancer, heart and circulatory disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, few young people engage in these behaviours. The transition from school to university provides an ideal opportunity to try to promote healthy lifestyle habits, as this is a time when young people’s health beliefs and behaviours are likely to be in a state of flux and therefore more open to change. The aim of the current study is to find out whether the online resource promotes healthier behaviour among new university students.

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

02 Sep 2013 30 Sep 2013

Publications

2015 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26643917 results

Students who decide to take part will be asked to complete a questionnaire on their health behaviour about one month before starting university. They will then be randomly assigned to either the intervention group (an online health behaviour intervention) or the control group. The intervention is an online resource (website) that students can use before they come to university and when they are at university to help them make healthier lifestyle choices. The resource will be available to the intervention group for the duration of the study. This uses a number of evidence-based techniques from health psychology to ensure that students engage with the resource material, receive messages that target key beliefs to promote each health behaviour and make specific plans to be more healthy. All participants will be asked to complete further questionnaires 1 and 6 months after starting university. In addition, 200 participants (100 each from the intervention and control groups) will be recruited to provide a small sample of cut hair that can be analysed for biochemical markers of various health behaviours (e.g., smoking, drinking).


All incoming undergraduate students (in 2013) to the University of Sheffield, UK are eligible to take part in the study.

You can take part if:



You may not be able to take part if:


Does not meet inclusion criteria


Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • University of Sheffield
    Sheffield
    S10 2TP

Engaging in various health behaviours can reduce the risk of long-term health complications. We hope that the intervention will help students to make healthier lifestyle choices when at university. In order to encourage participation, participants will have the opportunity to be entered into a £100 prize draw after completing each questionnaire. Participants completing all three questionnaires will also receive a £10 gift voucher and be entered into an additional prize draw for an iPad mini. Participants who provide a hair sample will receive a gift voucher for £10 for each hair sample. No major risks or discomfort are anticipated.

Prof Paul Norman
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p.norman@sheffield.ac.uk



More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.


The study is sponsored by University of Sheffield (UK) and funded by Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK) - National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI) Phase 4 (UK). Ref: MR/J000450/1.



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Last updated 30 August 2016

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