Computerized Health Education to Promote Physical Activity

Penn State Health

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 1

Conditions

Hypertension

Treatments

Behavioral: Tailored Physical Activity Intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT00242658

269

7R01HL067005-03 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

02F.214 CHIP

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will test the efficacy of providing primary care physicians and their patients with computer-tailored information, based on patients' responses to survey questions. The health education messages are designed to encourage patients to become physically active and to encourage physicians to counsel their patients about exercise.

Full description

The main objective of this study is to determine, via a 6-month randomized controlled study, the efficacy of providing tailored physical activity computer reports to patients and physicians. The primary outcome is minutes of physical activity measured by the 7-Day Physical Activity Recall interview at 6 months. The intervention group completed physical activity surveys at baseline, 1, 3, and 6 months. Based on their responses, participants received four feedback reports at each time point. The reports aimed to motivate participants to increase physical activity, personalized to participants' needs; they also included an activity prescription. The control group received identical procedures, except that they received general reports on preventive screening based on their responses to preventive screening questions.

Enrollment

394 patients

Sex

All

Ages

21 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Ability to speak and read English
Current patient of a physician participating in this study (if selecting a new physician, may deliberately select one that is involved in the study, in order to participate)
Ability to complete all written surveys
Accessible for follow-up telephone surveys
Ability to undergo exercise testing

Exclusion criteria