FSD3446 Intervention Study on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour of Vocational Students: Teacher Surveys 2015-2017
The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.
Download the data
Study description in other languages
Related files
Study title
Intervention Study on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour of Vocational Students: Teacher Surveys 2015-2017
Dataset ID Number
FSD3446
Persistent identifier
urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3446Data Type
Quantitative
Authors
- Hankonen, Nelli (University of Helsinki. Faculty of Social Sciences)
- Haukkala, Ari (University of Helsinki)
Abstract
The intervention study investigated the effectiveness of the 'Let's Move It' programme aiming to increase physical activity (PA) and reduce sedentary behaviour (SB) among students in vocational schools in Finland. It was conducted as a cluster-randomised parallel group trial. This dataset consists of vocational school teachers' responses to three surveys on the 'Let's Move It' programme, practices and intervention measures relating to students' physical activity and sedentariness (sitting) during lessons, and opinions on and experiences of the programme. The research was funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM/81/626/2014) and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (201310238).
The schools participating in the study were divided into intervention and control group schools. Therefore the participating teachers belonged either to the intervention or the control group. The intervention group participated in three 'Let's Move It' workshops. The surveys were conducted three times over the study period, partly repeating the same questions.
The initial survey charted methods used during lessons to reduce students' sedentary time, time intervals of using the methods, the proportion of students who took the opportunity, the average time students were sedentary during one lesson, and the ways the teacher motivated them to reduce sedentariness. Further questions investigated views on what was too long a time for an uninterrupted sedentary period, the impact of reducing sedentariness during lessons, and the teacher's intention to take measures to reduce students' sedentary time over the following month. Workplace atmosphere and co-operation were also surveyed.
The follow-up surveys contained also some new questions. In addition to intentions for the following month, they also surveyed the teacher's goals, plans and monitoring related to student sedentary behaviour, and the measures taken over the last month to reduce it. Open-ended questions charted changes noticed in the methods used by the school in general and other teachers.
The intervention group surveys also asked the respondents to evaluate 'Let's Move It' workshops, programme and its materials. The use of sit-stand desks (height adjustable desks) and physical training equipment such as gym balls was investigate.
Background variable included the respondent's gender, year of birth, years of working as a teacher, type of classroom in use, subject R taught and whether R belonged to the intervention or the control group.
Keywords
exercise (physical activity); motivation; physical activities; students; teachers; teaching materials; teaching methods; vocational education institutions
Topic Classification
- Medical and health sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- General health and well-being (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Physical fitness and exercise (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Vocational education and training (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Series
Individual datasetsDistributor
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Access
The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.
Data Collector
- Hankonen, Nelli (University of Helsinki)
- Haukkala, Ari (University of Helsinki)
- Kaaja, Elisa (University of Helsinki)
- Köykkä, Katariina (University of Helsinki)
Time Period Covered
2015-01 – 2017-06
Collection Dates
2015-01 – 2017-06
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Helsinki Metropolitan area
Analysis/Observation Unit Type
Individual
Universe
Teachers in upper secondary vocational schools participating in the 'Let's Move It' programme in the Helsinki Metropolitan area, Finland
Time Method
Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based
Sampling Procedure
Mixed probability and non-probability
Six vocational schools in the metropolitan area were selected to the study based on the fact that they had the largest number of entry-year students. Only study year 1 and 2 classes were included. Of the six schools, three schools were randomly selected to the intervention programme. There were 117 teachers in the intervention schools and 116 in the control group schools. Out of these, 77 (intervention) and 46 (control group) teachers chose to participate in the study by completing the initial survey.
All participating teachers responded to three online surveys: the initial survey at the beginning of the study, the first follow-up survey two months later and the second follow-up survey 14 months later.
More information on the study design, variables and the intervention programme development can be found in the publications 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
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Field/Intervention experiment
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Data File Language
Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.
The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.
FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.
Data Version
1.0
Related Datasets
Completeness of Data and Restrictions
Researchers had anonymised the data, for instance, by removing the variables containing names. To maintain confidentiality, the data archive removed open-ended variables Q6 and Q7 (teacher's education and school). In addition, the archive checked the remaining open-ended responses in the data, removing any identifying information. The parts anonymised by the archive have been marked with [square brackets].
Variables have been named as follows: variables beginning with the letter Q are from the initial survey, letter F indicates the first follow-up survey and the letter T the second follow-up survey. Variables based on questions asked only from the intervention group teachers end with the letter I and those asked only from the control group teachers end with C.
Attached questionnaire files (in Finnish) have been named as follows: numbers 1-3 reveal whether it is the initial survey, the first follow-up or the second follow-up survey. For the follow-up surveys, the file name includes c if aimed at the control group and i if aimed at the intervention group. For instance, qu3446_2c_fin.
One case was removed from the archived data as the participant did not give consent to archiving. All variables based on the question group T30 included in the second follow-up survey for the intervention group were removed due to incorrect values.
Weighting
There are no weight variables in the data.
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: Teacher Surveys 2015-2017 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-04-15). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3446
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.
Related Publications
Rehnström, K. (2015). Ennustaako järkeillyn käyttäytymisen lähestymistapa paikallaanoloa ja sen rajoittamista ammattiin opiskelevilla nuorilla?
Nummela, N. (2016). Persoonallisuuspiirteiden ja motivaation yhteys fyysiseen aktiivisuuteen ammattiin opiskelevilla.
Heino, M. (2016). No use reasoning with adolescents? A randomised controlled trial comparing persuasive messages.
Köykkä, K. (2017). Is habit formation effective in making students' sitting reduction a regular routine for vocational school teachers? Evaluating outcomes and habit formation processes in the Let's Move It teacher intervention.
Palsola, M. (2020). Associations between behaviour change technique use, quality of motivation and physical activity.
Study description in machine readable DDI-C 2.5 format
Metadata record is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.