Adherence to Different Exercise Interventions

California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Exercise Adherence

Treatments: Behavioral: Walking; Behavioral: Variety; Behavioral: Progressive

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06024577

2023-152

Details and patient eligibility

About

Only 50% of sedentary adults that start an exercise training program adhere to the program after 6 months. Exercise variety may improve adherence. The goal of this study is to examine different exercise interventions that include a variety of exercise on adherence.

Full description

Regular exercise, in the form of walking 150 minutes per week, is widely regarded as having many health and fitness benefits. Despite these well-known benefits, adherence to exercise interventions is extremely low. When sedentary adults start an exercise training program only 50% adhere to the program and meet the national recommendations of 150 minutes per week. A possible explanation of the low adherence is that most adults only walk for exercise, and that providing a variety of exercise may increase adherence. Preliminary observational data show that a variety of exercise may increase weekly exercise expenditure compared to other interventions. The overall objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility, adherence, and acceptability of different exercise interventions including 1) walk intervention, 2) variety intervention, and 3) progressive intervention (see below for description).

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-40 years old
• Sedentary (<1 hour per week of exercise)
• BMI 18.5 to 40 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

• Adults with diagnosed cardiovascular, diabetes, renal, or any other metabolic disease determined by Health and Fitness History questionnaire.
• Any other disability, ailment, or physical characteristics that may hinder the ability to participate in regular exercise determined by Health and Fitness History questionnaire.
• Participating in other studies that would interfere with their ability to safely complete the exercise protocols.
• Pregnant or trying to become pregnant, and peri-menopausal or post-menopausal women.
• History of smoking within the last 6 months
• Any other vulnerable population (children <18, pregnant women, prisoners, etc.)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Walking

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants prescribed 150 minutes/week of moderate to vigorous walking.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Walking

Variety

Experimental group

Description:

Participants prescribed 150 minutes/week of moderate to vigorous variety of exercise. Each week participants will be prescribed a single different exercise (variety) which will include cycling, walking/jogging, yoga/Pilates, and cross-training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Variety

Progressive

Experimental group

Description:

Participants prescribed 150 minutes/week of moderate to vigorous exercise. The exercises include cycling, walking/jogging, yoga/Pilates, and cross-training, and each week another exercise will be added to the list of options for participants. Participants may choose from the list of exercise. They do not have to do them all, and they can do as much or little (none) of whatever they choose.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Progressive