Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change and Anxiety

University of Mississippi, Oxford

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Transtheoretical Model

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03363737

17-018

Details and patient eligibility

About

Examine the utility of the Transtheoretical Model in influencing anxiety among college students. Employ a randomized controlled intervention including a static and dynamic Facebook intervention. The static group accessed a Facebook page featuring 96 statuses. Statuses were intended to engage cognitive processes, followed by behavioral processes of change per the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change. Content posted on the static Facebook page was identical to the dynamic page. However, the static group viewed all 96 statuses on the first day of the study, while the dynamic group received only 1-2 of these status updates per day throughout the intervention. Anxiety was measured using the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS). Time spent engaging in physical activity was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having an active Facebook account
• Daily access to a Smart Phone
• Current University of Mississippi email account

Exclusion criteria

• Outside the age range of 18-35

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

Static

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Transtheoretical Model

Dynamic

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Transtheoretical Model