Preventing Chronic Disease: ActuaYa

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Aging

Treatments: Other: Go4Life-Physical Activity/Exercise Program "Workout to Go" 5; Behavioral: ActuaYa Educational Sessions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04088552

20190373

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to help older Hispanic women to increase physical activity, reach a healthy body weight, increase self-esteem and mood and increase knowledge about chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and HIV.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Must self-identify as a Hispanic woman
2. Must be aged 50 years or older
3. Must not already be engaging in exercise for >150 minutes per week
4. Must be able to ambulate without the use of assistive devices
5. Must have an intelligent phone iOS or Android
6. Must be willing and able to participate in the informed consent process.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Participants that do not meet the above-mentioned criteria.
2. In the opinion of the investigator, have any clinical condition that would make the participant unsuitable to participate.
3. Participants who are currently participating in another investigational study.
4. Participants that need a medical clearance for exercise based on the American College of Sports Medicine exercise participation algorithm.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

ActuaYa Arm

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive educational sessions, facilitated discussions and an exercise program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: ActuaYa Educational Sessions

Other: Go4Life-Physical Activity/Exercise Program "Workout to Go" 5