The PROPELS study was set up by the Universities of Leicester and Cambridge and is funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme.
We recruited 1,368 individuals for the study, which looks at the effectiveness of three different physical activity promotion strategies. Our goal was to find sustainable ways to increase physical activity among people who are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the future, in order to reduce this risk. The results will also be used by the government to help decide which physical activity promotion strategies to recommend in primary care.
Publications
PROPELS publications on the MRC Epidemiology Unit publications database.
Selected publications
Yates T, Griffin S, Bodicoat DH, Brierly G, Dallosso H, et al. PRomotion Of Physical activity through structured Education with differing Levels of ongoing Support for people at high risk of type 2 diabetes (PROPELS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials (2015)
Morton K, Sutton S, Hardeman W, Troughton J, Yates T et al. A Text-Messaging and Pedometer Program to Promote Physical Activity in People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The Development of the PROPELS Follow-On Support Program. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2015
Biddle GJH, Edwardson CL, Rowlands AV, Davies MJ, Bodicoat DH et al. Differences in objectively measured physical activiy and sedentary behaviour between white Europeans and south Asians recruited from primary care: cross sectional analysis of the PROPELS trial. BMC Public Health (2019)
