Study title

Intervention Study on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour of Vocational Students: Student Interviews 2015-2017

Alternative Title

Let's Move It -project

Dataset ID Number

FSD3437

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3437
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3437

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Hankonen, Nelli (University of Helsinki)
• Haukkala, Ari (University of Helsinki)

Abstract

The data from the student interviews was collected in the Let's Move It -project, which studied the sedentary behaviour and physical activity of vocational school students over a one-year period. The first interviews were conducted shortly after the intervention period of about two months. Follow-up interviews were collected about a year after the first ones. The study was funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM/81/626/2014) and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (201310238).

The students were divided into control and intervention groups for the study. The intervention group participated in a variety of physical activity and inactivity reduction interventions, such as six Let's move it -group sessions and break-time exercise, and the students had access to equipment such as exercise balls during lessons. In addition, a poster campaign was carried out in schools and materials were made available to students through a website and a workbook. Quantitative data from the project have also been archived (FSD3212, FSD3445 and FSD3446).

The interviews followed the interview guidelines and structure, which included four themes: 1) change in physical activity habits, 2) ways to increase, maintain and manage own physical activity, 3) thoughts about physical activity and physical activity identity, and 4) intervention program. A fifth theme, measurement, was also included in the follow-up interview. For example, interviewees were asked what they thought exercise was, what motivated them to exercise, whether they planned their exercise in advance and what exercise goals they had. In addition, interviewees were asked about their views on sitting and how to reduce it. Finally, the intervention group was asked to provide feedback on the project meetings and materials. The follow-up interviews repeated the same themes and also used stimulus pictures and statements. Finally, interviewees were asked about their experiences with the use of the motion sensor.

Background information includes gender and age. In addition, information on the study includes the starting date of the study (study batch) and whether the interviewee belonged to the control or intervention group. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

Keywords

adolescents; exercise (physical activity); leisure time activities; lifestyle and health; motivation; physical activities; sitting; sport; time budgets; vocational education institutions

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Medical and health sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Vocational education and training (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• General health and well-being (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Physical fitness and exercise (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

Data Collector

• Kaaja, Elisa (University of Helsinki)
• Köykkä, Katariina (University of Helsinki)
• Hagman, Noora
• Heiskanen, Nelli
• Kostamo, Katri

Time Period Covered

2015-01 – 2016-05

Collection Dates

• 2015-10 – 2016-07
• 2016-11 – 2017-04

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Students from the vocational schools surveyed by the Let's Move It -project

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

The interviewees were selected from the participants of the Let's Move It -intervention. A sub-sample of both intervention and control students who had reported only light or moderate physical activity in the initial survey questionnaire were selected for interviews. Other criteria included enrolment in a vocational programme, age 15-19 years, self-assessed Finnish language skills of at least 4/5, no competitive sporting background and participation in at least four Let's Move It -sessions.

More information on the study design, variables assessed and intervention development can be found in following articles: Hankonen, N. et al (2016) "Let's Move It" - a school-based multilevel intervention to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour among older adolescents in vocational secondary schools: Study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial and Hankonen, N. et al. (2019) Changing activity behaviours in vocational school students: The stepwise development and optimised content of the 'Let's Move it' intervention.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Field/Intervention experiment

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

53 interviews in odt format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3212 Pilot Study on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour of Vocational Students 2014

FSD3445 Intervention Study on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour of Vocational Students: Student Surveys, Body Composition Measurements and Accelerometer Data 2015-2017

FSD3446 Intervention Study on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour of Vocational Students: Teacher Surveys 2015-2017

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The researcher has anonymised the data by removing direct identifiers and, where necessary, indirect identifiers. In addition, individual indirect identifiers such as job names or health data were removed from the data at FSD. The entries made by FSD are marked with curly brackets.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Hankonen, Nelli (University of Helsinki) & Haukkala, Ari (University of Helsinki): Intervention Study on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour of Vocational Students: Student Interviews 2015-2017 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2021-03-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3437; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3437

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

More information on the Let's move it -project

An overview of the research project and a database of materials for schools produced by the research project.

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