The Impact of African American Women's Hair Care Practices and Hair Attitudes on Exercise Habits

Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hair and Scalp Health

Treatments: Other: Survey of exercise practices

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00691782

IRB00003923

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to better understand African American women's hair and hair styling practices and how these practices affect attitudes and viewpoints regarding exercise.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 21 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female between 21 and 60 years old.
• African, Afro-Caribbean, or African American decent.
• Able and willing to follow study procedures and successfully complete hair and exercise questionnaire/survey.

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to read or understand hair and exercise questionnaire/survey.

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

1

Description:

African American females between the ages of 21 and 60

Treatment:

Other: Survey of exercise practices