MoTHER Buddy Program

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: mHealth Physical Activity; Behavioral: Buddy-partnered exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02338765

A123858

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the 12-week study is to determine if competing a physical activity program with a buddy helps increase daily physical activity when compared to completing the same physical activity program without a buddy.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 44 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Physically inactive,
2. having at least one child aged less than 5 years,
3. having at least one family member or friend who can support physical activity engagement and reside in the same community,
4. having access to computer and phone, and
5. overweight/obese (Body Mass Index: 23 kg/m2 or more)

Exclusion criteria

1. Having known medical conditions that prevent regular physical activity and
2. current participation in other lifestyle modification programs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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54 participants in 2 patient groups

Buddy

Experimental group

Description:

Physical activity plus having a buddy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Buddy-partnered exercise

Behavioral: mHealth Physical Activity

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physical activity only

Treatment:

Behavioral: mHealth Physical Activity