Physical Activity Intervention Tailored for Rural Men

Jacob Gallagher

Status: Completed

Conditions: Weak; Muscle; Physical Inactivity; Sedentary Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: No BS just Fitness

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05460637

202201021

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this project is to develop a scalable physical activity intervention tailored to rural men. We will recruit participants nationwide from ResearchMatch data base, emails, and social media posts. Participants will have access to health education materials hosted on Healthie, a health coaching software platform, and provided an activity monitor (e.g., Fitbit) to support behavior change. The health education materials provide participants with education, motivation, and support for making health behavior change (e.g., increasing physical activity levels). We will measure physical activity behaviors, psychosocial, and several health outcomes

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Have a smart phone capable of sending/receiving test messages
• Currently inactive (<75 minutes of moderate-vigorous activity per week)
• Identify as male
• Live in a rural community
• Intending to be more active

Exclusion criteria

• Not able to safely increase physical activity
• Cannot commit to a 10 week program
• Have a surgery planned in 6 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive a Fitbit and access to a 10 week educational course that accessible through the web or app. While participants can complete the program at their own pace, there is a suggested schedule with 1-2 modules/lessons completed per week. Each module has a different topic related to promoting adoption and maintenance of physical activity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: No BS just Fitness