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The aim of the Move@NUS pilot study is to determine the feasibility of establishing a digital intervention cohort to monitor and improve the health and wellbeing of students by encouraging them to engage in healthy movement behaviours (i.e., physical activity, sleep, and limiting smartphone-based recreational screentime).
The digital intervention cohort consists of:
Good overall mental and physical health and wellbeing can be promoted by engaging in healthy movement behaviours - getting adequate sleep, being physically active, and minimising recreational time spent watching a screen or being sedentary. The objectives of this study are to determine the feasibility of:
The investigators will enrol up to 150 first-year university students into an innovative hybrid study that combines a digital cohort with embedded randomised controlled trials (RCTs). The digital cohort consists of 6 months of continuous observations of movement behaviours, wellbeing, and related factors via a smartwatch (Apple Watch) and repeated bursts of smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) surveys. Throughout the 6-month monitoring period, participants are enrolled in 3 embedded RCTs evaluating the effects of EMIs that, in turn, target sleep, physical activity, and smartphone-based recreational screentime. For each embedded-RCT we assess engagement and acceptability outcomes (e.g., whether a push notification is opened, whether it is responded to), and preliminary efficacy (i.e., whether there is a between group difference in the target behaviour from pre- to post-intervention). Participants also complete traditional questionnaires at baseline, 3-, and 6-month follow-up.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| RCT 1 - group 1 | Experimental | Sleep Hygiene Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) |
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| RCT 1 - group 2 | Experimental | Personalised Sleep Guideline EMI |
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| RCT 1 - group 3 | No Intervention | Control | |
| RCT 2 - group 1 | Experimental | Stair Climbing EMI |
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| RCT 2 - group 2 | Experimental | Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (VILPA) EMI |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| educational content (sleep hygiene) | Behavioral | app-based sleep hygiene-related educational content |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| RCT 1. Sleep | Sleep duration, as assessed via Apple Watch | week 1 (pre-intervention), week 3 (intervention midpoint), week 5 (post-intervention), and continuously throughout the 6-month study |
| RCT 2. Physical activity | Step counts, as assessed via Apple Watch | week 6 (pre-intervention), week 8 (intervention midpoint), week 10 (post-intervention), and continuously throughout the 6-month study |
| RCT 2. Physical activity | Flights of stairs climbed, as assessed via Apple Watch | week 6 (pre-intervention), week 8 (intervention midpoint), week 10 (post-intervention), and continuously throughout the 6-month study |
| RCT 2. Physical activity | Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, as assessed via Apple Watch | week 6 (pre-intervention), week 8 (intervention midpoint), week 10 (post-intervention), and continuously throughout the 6-month study |
| RCT 3. Screentime | Screenshots of passively captured smartphone screentime data | week 6 (pre-intervention), week 8 (intervention midpoint), week 10 (post-intervention), and continuously throughout the 6-month study |
| Wellbeing | Mental wellbeing, WHO-5 Well-Being Index (WHO-5; World Health Organisation). Min value 0, max value 100; higher scores indicate greater wellbeing. | Continuously over 6-months |
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Participants are eligible to join the study if they:
Participants will be excluded if they are:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Sarah M Edney, PhD | Contact | +6591709231 | sarah.edney@mymail.unisa.edu.au | |
| Mingyue C Chen | Contact | +6591709231 | mingyuecchen@u.nus.edu.sg |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, PhD | National University of Singapore | Principal Investigator |
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 41680943 | Derived | Chen M, Movia M, Chua XH, Tan SYX, Zheng S, Jin K, Topothai T, Padmapriya N, Muller-Riemenschneider F, Edney S. MOVE@NUS digital intervention cohort: protocol of a pilot study to promote healthy movement in university students. J Act Sedentary Sleep Behav. 2026 Feb 12;5(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s44167-026-00097-z. |
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3x sequential 3-group randomised controlled trials (RCTs), embedded within the 6-month digital cohort study.
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| RCT 2 - group 3 | No Intervention | Control |
| RCT 3 - group 1 | Experimental | Screentime Breaktime EMI |
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| RCT 3 - group 2 | Experimental | Screentime Goal EMI |
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| RCT 3 - group 3 | No Intervention | Control |
| sleep hygiene strategies | Behavioral | app-based self-selection of sleep hygiene strategies |
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| reminders | Behavioral | daily reminders sent via push notifications |
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| review of behavioural goal | Behavioral | app-based review of behavioural goal |
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| educational content (sleep guidelines) | Behavioral | app-based educational content on recommended sleep guidelines |
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| comparison of current behaviour to ideal behaviour | Behavioral | use of smartwatch/smartphone data to assess current behaviour and compare it to ideal behaviour |
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| goal setting | Behavioral | prompt participant to set a goal in relation to targeted behaviour |
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| educational content (Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (VILPA)) | Behavioral | app-based educational content on VILPA |
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| screentime breaks | Behavioral | repeated daily reminders to break up screentime |
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| ID | Term |
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| D057185 | Sedentary Behavior |
| D012892 | Sleep Deprivation |
| D000092862 | Psychological Well-Being |
| ID | Term |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
| D020920 | Dyssomnias |
| D012893 | Sleep Wake Disorders |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D010549 | Personal Satisfaction |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009937 | Organizational Objectives |
| ID | Term |
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| D009934 | Organization and Administration |
| D006298 | Health Services Administration |
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