Promoting Physical Activity in Rural Communities

The Washington University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03683173

R01CA211323 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to test a multilevel intervention's impact on increasing physical activity among rural residents. It is expected that participants who participate in more of the intervention (e.g., all levels) will increase their physical activity more than the control group and individuals who participate in less of the intervention (e.g., one level of the intervention).

Full description

The study will test the independent and moderating effects of a multilevel intervention and the community environment on physical activity among rural residents. The multilevel intervention consists of community, interpersonal, and intrapersonal aspects. The community level intervention consists of community events. The interpersonal level intervention consists of walking group formation. The intrapersonal level intervention consists of cues provided by short message service messages (i.e., text messaging). A dose response relationship is expected in the intervention communities.

Enrollment: 1,241 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults (18+)
• No cognitive impairments
• Able to physically active
• Willing to complete telephone survey at three time points
• Located in targeted communities in southeast Missouri

Exclusion criteria

• Participants not located in targeted communities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,241 participants in 2 patient groups

Multilevel Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive the multilevel intervention consisting of community events, walking group formation, and short messaging service.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Does not receive the multilevel intervention.