Effectiveness of the Walking Intervention Walkadoo: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial in an Employee Population

MeYou Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: Walkadoo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02229409

WD-PILOT-2014

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the product Walkadoo to determine whether it effectively increases walking behavior in healthy adults.

Enrollment: 265 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults 18 years or older;
• Healthways employees based in Franklin, TN with an email account with the company;
• Provide informed consent and complete eligibility questionnaires

Exclusion criteria

• Current or prior use of the intervention Walkadoo
• Presence of a chronic condition that affects walking
• Projected inability to access the internet for 4 consecutive days or longer during the study
• Non-adherence to device wear during baseline

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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265 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Observation only, no behavioral intervention

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention Walkadoo.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Walkadoo