SMS Reminders for Exercise Among Older Adults. Malaysian Physical Activity for Health Study (myPAtHS)

University of Malaya

Status

Completed

Conditions

Physical Activity

Exercise

Treatments

Behavioral: Exercise programme plus SMS reminders

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02123342

UM.C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/ASH/02-PA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is:

To evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of an SMS reminder intervention for promoting an health-related exercise programme (myPAtHS) among older Malaysian adults, in a randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Hypothesis: Frequency and duration of the exercise programme execution will be higher for the SMS reminder condition compared to the programme only condition. The effect may be reduced from post- to follow-up measurement (24 weeks after baseline and 12 weeks after post-measurement) but all outcomes will remain significantly higher at 24 weeks.

Enrollment

43 patients

Sex

All

Ages

55 to 70 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Mobile phone user
Acceptable health that does not prevent exercise
Acceptable command of the English language
No engagement in a regular- structured exercise routine like gym training or other structured programmes
Interest in an exercise programme
Willing to attend scheduled follow-up sessions at 12 weeks (pre-post evaluation) and 24 weeks (post-intervention evaluation) after the first session

Exclusion criteria

participants who have any medical condition or health concern that would restrict regular exercise based on one screening question. If this question will be answered with "yes" participants are advised to seek medical care.