Physical Activity Promotion in Primary Health Care Settings

NCT ID: NCT02857127

Last Updated: 2016-08-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 148 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-07-31

Brief Summary

A quasi experimental study evaluating the effectiveness of a walking program at primary health care settings in a low-income area

Detailed Description

There is a high prevalence of physical inactivity (AF) in the world and in Brazil. Offering programs of physical activity becomes a convenient option to increase the physical activity level of the population and promote aging process more active and healthy over the life. There is need for greater depth in relation to the operation of programs to promote physical activity and the effects of these programs on different biopsychosocial aspects, especially those offered in primary care settings. This research aims to evaluate a walking program geared to adults and seniors on the following aspects:

1. Characteristics and operation of the intervention,

2. effects of behavior change to physical activity, and

3. biopsychosocial effects of physical activity.

It is a quasi experimental and controlled study, with: 1) intervention group (n = 71), 2) and control group (n = 71). The intervention will last for six months, with a subsequent follow-up period of six months after the intervention. The program will offer supervised exercise twice a week, lasting an hour. The classes will consist of recreational activities, walking and educational strategies of behavior change for physical activity. Variables will be evaluated for attendance, barriers to physical activity, waiver reasons, physical activity level, sociodemographic, socioeconomic and biopsychosocial aspects. Most females, aged over 40 years, low levels of education, income and varied biopsychosocial characteristics are expected. After the intervention, it is expected that the program present characteristics of low adhesion and retention, especially because of the barrier "lack of time". Still, the promotion of supervised walking increase levels of physical activity beyond the time provided by the program and it will improve the biopsychosocial conditions of the participants.

Conditions

Motor Activity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention Group

A group of people who participated in the walking program during a six month period. This group also received an educational material and attended meetings for behavioral change strategies.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Walking program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

To encourage people to exercise more through a behavioural and educational intervention during six months and other six months of follow up.

Control Group

A group of people who did not receive the educational material and did not participated in any of the activities offered by the research team, such as walking classes and meetings for behavioral change.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Walking program

To encourage people to exercise more through a behavioural and educational intervention during six months and other six months of follow up.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• To be insufficiently active
• To accept the intervention invitation
• Living around the selected primary health care
• To sign the Term os Consent
• To have 18 years or more

Exclusion Criteria

• To participate only in one day of intervention
• To have less than 75% of presence in the intervention
• To give up of the intervention

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 100 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Grace Angélica de Oliveira Gomes

Doctor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Grace AO Gomes, Doctor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Locations

Secretaria Municipal de Saúde

São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Countries

Brazil

References

Baba CT, Oliveira IM, Silva AEF, Vieira LM, Cerri NC, Florindo AA, de Oliveira Gomes GA. Evaluating the impact of a walking program in a disadvantaged area: using the RE-AIM framework by mixed methods. BMC Public Health. 2017 Sep 15;17(1):709. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4698-5.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 28915827 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

FAPESP14/03909-2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id