Project WHADE: A Partner-Based Physical Activity Program for Women

Rowan University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Hypertension

Prehypertension

Type 2 Diabetes

High Cholesterol

Smoking

PreDiabetes

Metabolic Syndrome

Treatments

Behavioral: Project WHADE: A Partner-Based Physical Activity Program for Women

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06350604

PRO-2023-355

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to test the feasibility and acceptability of a new method for supporting physical activity among women ages 40-65 who have risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Each participant receives a trained physical activity coach and a physical activity partner; the partner is another woman in the program. Partners communicate with each other between weekly coaching sessions to provide support for physical activity behavior change.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of a new method for supporting physical activity in women ages 40-65 who have risk markers for cardiovascular disease. The primary goal is to understand perceptions of support and communication patterns between partner dyads of women in midlife (ages 40-65). The creation of these partner dyads is a promising method for promoting social support and physical activity for this population. Understanding how partners communicate with one another throughout this intervention study will give insight into how women in this population maximize benefits from partnership through communication and shared experiences (e.g., age, gender, cardiovascular disease risk, interest in being more physically active).

Enrollment

62 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

40 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

One or more of the following health conditions: smoking (current or quit in the last 3 months), or a physician diagnosis of prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, prehypertension or hypertension (high blood pressure), hypercholesterolemia or hyperlipidemia(high cholesterol), or metabolic syndrome
Engaging in less in less than 6500 steps per day or less than 90 minutes of structured exercise per week
Access to personal mobile device
Fluent in English

Exclusion criteria

Pregnant or intend to become pregnant in the next 9 weeks,
Medical or psychiatric situation that hinders the ability to perform physical activity
None one of the following cardiovascular risk behaviors or conditions: smoking, diagnosed prediabetes/type 2 diabetes, prehypertension/hypertension, high cholesterol, or metabolic syndrome
Not fluent in English,
No access to a personal mobile device