“Workplace Physical Activity Program” (WOPAP) study protocol: a four-arm randomized controlled trial on preventing burnout and promoting vigor

Table 1 Overview of the measurement points for the primary and secondary outcomes, during intervention and weekly measures, and follow-up measurements

	Variables	Pre-intervention (T0)	During intervention (T6 or T8)	Weekly (T1-T10)	Post-intervention (T11)	Follow-up at 3 and 6 months (T12–13)
Primary outcomes	− Burnout	✓		✓	✓	✓^a
Primary outcomes	− Vigor	✓		✓	✓	✓^a
Secondary outcomes	− Job satisfaction	✓			✓	✓^a
	− Work motivation	✓			✓	✓^a
	− Work performance	✓			✓	✓^a
	− Work ability	✓			✓	✓^a
Psychological and physiological mediators	− Off-job recovery activities	✓			✓
	− Psychological detachment	✓		✓^a	✓
	− Relaxation	✓		✓^a	✓
	− Control	✓		✓^a	✓
	− Mastery	✓		✓^a	✓
	− Relatedness	✓		✓^a	✓
	− Positive Affects			✓^a
	− Cardiorespiratory Fitness	✓			✓
Moderator variable	− Compliance to activity sessions			✓^a
Control variables	− Job characteristics	✓	✓(T6)	✓^b	✓
	− Needs satisfaction at work	✓	✓(T6)	✓	✓
	− Workload at work			✓
Manipulation check	− Instructors observed motivating style		✓(T8)
	− participants’ perception of the instructor’s motivating style		✓(T8)
	− Objective effort during sessions		✓(T6)
	− Perceived effort during sessions			✓^a

^aVariables only collected in intervention groups; ^bVariables only collected in the waiting-list group

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