Web-based Physical Activity Program

Karnes, Sasha

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 1

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: Web-based Motivational Interviewing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01218412

10-84E

Details and patient eligibility

About

The specific aims of the proposed study are:

• 1. To determine if web-based Motivational Interviewing (MI) is effective, compared to an informational web-based comparison group, in enhancing physical activity (PA) participation; and
• 2. To assess the mechanisms by which web-based MI enhances PA through changes in targeted cognitive mediators.

The specific hypotheses of the study include that:

• Hypothesis 1: Web-based MI will increase PA;
• Hypothesis 2: Web-based MI will lead to stage progression in the direction of increased readiness to participate in PA;
• Hypothesis 3: Web-based MI will influence theoretically identified cognitive variables;
• Hypothesis 4: Cognitive variables will mediate increases in PA participation.

Full description

Increasing physical activity (PA) is a public health priority. There is preliminary support for application of Motivational Interviewing (MI) for physical activity (PA), web-applications for PA promotion, web-based MI for behavior change, and finally web-based MI for PA. Based on collective findings in these areas of inquiry, it is necessary to investigate the efficacy of MI as a method that lends readily to practical applications for PA promotion. The current study seeks to investigate whether web-based MI can be applied in an adult population to enhance PA participation using a physician referral scheme. Additionally, mechanisms of behavior change are considered in order to inform future research and intervention.

Enrollment: 132 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults referred through primary care due to insufficient physical activity standards based on Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for aerobic activity.
• Must have internet access and e-mail.
• Cleared by physician for physical activity participation.

Exclusion criteria

• Greater than 10,000 steps per day on average based on baseline pedometer screening over the course of 7 days.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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132 participants in 1 patient group

Web-based, Mi=Based Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

4 session web-based, MI-based intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Web-based Motivational Interviewing