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NCT Number: NCT04021472

Evaluate Health Coaching Support in Technology-based Interventions for Meeting Health Goals

This was a pilot evaluation conducted to test procedures for a possible future trial and provide preliminary insights regarding whether text messages sent to Veterans could help support nutrition and/or physical activity health goals. For the purposes of the pilot, the goal was to enroll one participant.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Disease Prevention

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA

Bedford, Massachusetts, 01730, United States

About this study

The investigators prepared procedures for a one-group pilot intended to evaluate the delivery of automated text messages to Veterans. Completion of this pilot will provide preliminary insights regarding the delivering automated text messages focused on nutrition and/or physical activity health goals, and potential impacts on outcomes like self-efficacy, goal commitment, and health confidence.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient at designated VA site
  • Ownership of a cellular phone
  • Over age 18
  • Pre-screened by their primary care physician for study inclusion for medical contraindication to physical activity and diet change

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient outside designated VA site
  • Non-ownership of a cellular phone
  • Under age 18
  • Not pre-screened by their primary care physician for study inclusion for medical contraindication to physical activity and diet change or deemed ineligible to participate by primary care physician

Treatment and study plan

Text Message

Behavioral

Two months of daily text messages to support meeting a health goal

Primary outcomes

  1. Self-efficacy: Healthful Eating Via Revised Eating Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES-R)

    Time frame: Change from Baseline to 2 months

    Self-reported confidence in performing healthful diet and physical activity behaviors. Self-efficacy - Healthful eating via Revised Eating Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES-R). Range: 1-10; higher values represent a better outcome.

  2. Goal Commitment: Healthful Eating Via the Hollenbeck, Williams, and Klein Goal Commitment Scale

    Time frame: Change from Baseline to 2 months

    Self-reported commitment to healthful diet and physical activity goals. Goal commitment - Healthful eating via the Hollenbeck, Williams, and Klein Goal Commitment Scale. Range: 1-5; higher values represent a better outcome.

  3. Self-efficacy: Physical Activity Via the Self-efficacy for Exercise Behaviors Scale

    Time frame: Change from Baseline to 2 months

    Self-reported confidence in performing healthful diet and physical activity behaviors. Self-efficacy - Physical activity via the Self-efficacy for Exercise Behaviors Scale. Range: 1-5; higher values represent a better outcome.

  4. Goal Commitment - Physical Activity Via the Hollenbeck, Williams, and Klein Physical Activity Scale

    Time frame: Baseline

    Self-reported commitment to healthful diet and physical activity goals. The determination to attempt a physical activity-related goal and consistently pursue it over time. Goal commitment - Physical activity via the Hollenbeck, Williams, and Klein Goal Commitment Scale. Range: 1-5; higher values represent a better outcome.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Health Confidence: the Health Confidence Score

    Time frame: Change from Baseline to 2 months

    Self-reported confidence in patient engagement. Health Confidence. Range: 0-12; higher values represent a better outcome.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

VA Office of Research and Development

Fed

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluate Health Coaching Support in Technology-based Interventions for Goal Setting (PEC 15-470)

Acronym: Coaching

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jul 16, 2019
Registry last updated
Apr 5, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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