South Asians Active Together (SAATH) Study

Northwestern University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Inactivity; South Asian

Treatments: Behavioral: SAATH Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04400253

STU00211374:

Details and patient eligibility

About

South Asian immigrant women and girls are at increased risk for insufficient physical activity and are not being reached by current approaches to physical activity promotion. This randomized control trial study will test the effectiveness and implementation of a multi component physical activity intervention directed at the environment, family, interpersonal and individual levels to promote physical activity among South Asian immigrant mothers and daughters.

Enrollment: 252 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 11+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

The sample of this study is South Asian mothers and their daughters. The inclusion criteria for the mother include:

• Identifying herself as South Asian,
• having a sedentary lifestyle as assessed using a self-report questionnaire
• having ability to communicate in Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, or English.
• Having a daughter aged 11-16 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• having known medical condition that restricts ability to participate in moderate intensity Physical Activity
• Unable to complete study procedures (including not wearing accelerometer during run-in)
• Currently pregnant
• Unable to provide informed consent or assent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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252 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will receive a 18-week in-person program. The program includes the following components: multi family group counseling, group exercise classes, mother group discussion, daughter group discussion and Fitbit.

Treatment:

Behavioral: SAATH Intervention

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The group group will receive print materials about physical activity.