Why Join a Walking Program?

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Older Adults

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01730703

815599

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this interview study is to learn why adults would join a walking program. This study involves interviews with persons who are 65 years of age or older. The interview takes approximately 25 minutes. A total of 132 people will be enrolled. This study will examine the utility or value of various potential features of an incentive-based walking program. These data will enable us to monitor and improve upon enrollment of incentive-based walking programs.

Enrollment: 132 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 65 or older
• self rated health at least good on a scale of poor, fair, good, very good, excellent
• self reports no physical reason not to exercise or health condition that would interfere with being active
• self reports able to walk at least 2 blocks without assistance or stopping not participating in a daily walking exercise program

Trial design

132 participants in 1 patient group

Adults ages 65 and older