Health First-Study 2

University of Alberta

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Lifestyle; Sedentary Adults; Exercise Adherence; Traditional

Treatments: Behavioral: choice of exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00281437

2004-0503-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The current study was designed to investigate the influence of choice of exercise program on exercise adherence. The two exercise programs included 1) traditional exercise at a fitness centre or 2) lifestyle exercise-walking using a pedometer to track steps. Biological and psychological indicators were examined to investigate the effect of choice in a sample of sedentary adults.

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 25-65 year old adults
• sedentary (exercise less than twice per month in the last 4 months)

Exclusion criteria

• physician non-consent
• too active (exercise more than twice per month in the last 4 months)
• participated in previous studies from this lab

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)