TeleWalk: A trial of telephone-based walking promotion in older adults

TeleWalk: A trial of telephone-based walking promotion to improve physical activity and health-related quality of life in sedentary older adults

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000530628

Acronym

TeleWalk

Enrollment

180

Registered

2005-09-27

Start date

2003-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The TeleWalk study is an investigation of the effectiveness of a telephone-based counseling intervention on physical activity participation and health-related quality of life in older (65 years or older) sedentary adults.

Interventions

Study Intervention - A combination of telephone-based motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioural techniques (3-month duration).

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Sedentary (i.e., participated in less than 30 minutes of physical activity on five or more days per week for six months or longer.2. Would be living in Auckland, New Zealand for at least 12 months from the time of their recruitment to the trial.

Exclusion criteria

1. Had a medical history or major health problem that meant walking would be contrindicated (assessed by their general practitioner).

Outcome results