Health Behavior
Conditions
Keywords
Health Promotion, Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, Smartphones
Brief summary
The purpose of this research is to test programs to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior using motivational messages over a cell phone.
Detailed description
We want to learn if conceptually-based behavioral interventions for promoting increased physical activity and decreased sedentary behavior via state-of-the-art mobile phones will be efficacious at improving these behaviors relative to commercially available Android applications as a control. If efficacious, these types of intervention programs could be disseminated to a wide variety of sedentary and underactive adults at a relatively low cost. This could have a potentially significant impact on promoting improved health such as reduced obesity, a key problem within the U.S.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMobile Intervention for Lifestyle Eating/Exercise @ Stanford
Participants are randomized to one of 4 groups, each of which uses a different Smartphone app to promote health behavior change
Sponsors
Stanford University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
45 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* aged 45 and older, currently sedentary, owns and uses a cell phone but not a Smartphone, willing to be randomly assigned
Exclusion criteria
* free of clinically evident cardiovascular disease or any other medical condition or disorder that would limit participation in moderate intensity physical activities akin to brisk walking
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time spent being physically active | 2 months |
| Time spent sitting | 2 months |
| Changes in food consumption | 2 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Beliefs and behaviors about Smartphones | 2 months |
| Beliefs and behaviors about the Smartphone application | 2 months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed