Why Join a Walking Program?

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01730703

Enrollment

132

Registered

2012-11-21

Start date

2013-02-28

Completion date

2013-04-30

Last updated

2017-04-11

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Conditions

Older Adults

Keywords

walking, incentives, elderly

Brief summary

The purpose of this interview study is to learn why adults would join a walking program. This study involves interviews with persons who are 65 years of age or older. The interview takes approximately 25 minutes. A total of 132 people will be enrolled. This study will examine the utility or value of various potential features of an incentive-based walking program. These data will enable us to monitor and improve upon enrollment of incentive-based walking programs.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* age 65 or older * self rated health at least good on a scale of poor, fair, good, very good, excellent * self reports no physical reason not to exercise or health condition that would interfere with being active * self reports able to walk at least 2 blocks without assistance or stopping not participating in a daily walking exercise program

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Willingness to Participate	Participation in the study will include only one interview, lasting approximately 25 minutes. Willingness to participate will be assessed during this first and only interview with the participant.	The goal of this pilot project is to examine why adults would join an incentive-based walking program. Our focus is willingness to participate. Willingness to participate is measured on a 7 point ordinal scale.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Self explicated conjoint task	Participation in the study will include only one interview, lasting approximately 25 minutes. The self explicated conjoint task will be assessed during this first and only interview with the participant.	This study will examine the utility or value of various potential features of an incentive-based walking program. These data will enable us to monitor and improve upon enrollment of incentive-based walking programs. How important is this feature? How desirable is this feature? Importance: 7 point ordered scale from extremely to not at all Desirability: 7 point from very desirable to very undesirable

Countries

United States

Outcome results