Active KC: a Text Message Based Intervention for Physical Activity

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Patient Engagement

Treatments: Behavioral: Text Based Behavioral Intervention for Physical Activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05110508

STUDY00001939

Details and patient eligibility

About

Active KC will involve delivering PA support tools to individuals interested in increasing their physical activity. The tools involve provision of a Garmin wearable activity monitor and participant-tailored behavior change supports (e.g., goal setting and monitoring) delivered through text messaging and a corresponding study website.

Enrollment: 210 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individual has a smart device with internet or data and app downloading and texting capability
• Can read or write in English
• At least 8 years old (there is no upper age limit)
• Willing to complete study measures, participate in intervention, and share data collected in Active KC with the main study

Exclusion criteria

• Does not meet the above inclusion criteria
• Non-adherent to study measurement (wearing the Garmin less than 4 days) during baseline period
• Averaging over 60 minutes per day of physical activity (children) or 30 minutes of physical activity per day (adults) during the baseline period as measured by the Garmin
• Participant has a disability that interferes with their ability to carry out daily activities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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210 participants in 1 patient group

Physical Activity Self-Regulation

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive multiple weekly text messages. Texts will contain wear reminders, encouragements, congratulatory content, and behavior change messages based on the Garmin data. Some text message content asks for a response from the participant to help tailor later messages for behavior change support.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Text Based Behavioral Intervention for Physical Activity