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Computerized Health Education to Promote Physical Activity

NCT ID: NCT00242658

Last Updated: 2012-11-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

394 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-05-31

Study Completion Date

2008-03-31

Brief Summary

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This study will test the efficacy of providing primary care physicians and their patients with computer-tailored information, based on patients' responses to survey questions. The health education messages are designed to encourage patients to become physically active and to encourage physicians to counsel their patients about exercise.

Detailed Description

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The main objective of this study is to determine, via a 6-month randomized controlled study, the efficacy of providing tailored physical activity computer reports to patients and physicians. The primary outcome is minutes of physical activity measured by the 7-Day Physical Activity Recall interview at 6 months. The intervention group completed physical activity surveys at baseline, 1, 3, and 6 months. Based on their responses, participants received four feedback reports at each time point. The reports aimed to motivate participants to increase physical activity, personalized to participants' needs; they also included an activity prescription. The control group received identical procedures, except that they received general reports on preventive screening based on their responses to preventive screening questions.

Conditions

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Hypertension

Keywords

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Physical Activity Wellness Programs Health Promotion Blood Pressure, High

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Tailored Physical Activity Intervention Group

Four feedback reports aimed to increase physical activity.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tailored Physical Activity Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Tailored physical activity computer reports will be provided to patients and physicians.

No Tailored Physical Activity Intervention Group

General reports on preventive screening based on responses to preventive screening questions.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Tailored Physical Activity Intervention

Tailored physical activity computer reports will be provided to patients and physicians.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Exercise Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Ability to speak and read English
* Current patient of a physician participating in this study (if selecting a new physician, may deliberately select one that is involved in the study, in order to participate)
* Ability to complete all written surveys
* Accessible for follow-up telephone surveys
* Ability to undergo exercise testing

Exclusion Criteria

* Currently participating in another research study
* Planning to move out of the Philadelphia area
* Unable to walk without pain
* Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the year following study entry
* Excessive drinking
* Coronary heart disease
* Congestive heart failure
* Peripheral vascular disease
* Cerebrovascular disease
* Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
* Arrhythmia
* Recurrent seizures
* Dizziness
* Balance problems
* Psychoses
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Thomas Jefferson University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Christopher Sciamanna, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Christopher N. Sciamanna, MD, MPH

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Jefferson Medical College, Department of Health Policy

Locations

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Jefferson Family Medicine Associates

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Jefferson Medical College, Department of Health Policy

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Carroll JK, Lewis BA, Marcus BH, Lehman EB, Shaffer ML, Sciamanna CN. Computerized tailored physical activity reports. A randomized controlled trial. Am J Prev Med. 2010 Aug;39(2):148-56. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.04.005.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 20621262 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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7R01HL067005-03

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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02F.214 CHIP

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

269

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

NCT00201032

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: nct_alias