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NCT Number: NCT01516411

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Using Mobile Phones

The purpose of this research is to test programs to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior using motivational messages over a cell phone.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Behavior Behavior Motor Activity Sedentary Behavior

Age range

45 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Stanford Prevention Research Center

Palo Alto, California, 94305, United States

About this study

We want to learn if conceptually-based behavioral interventions for promoting increased physical activity and decreased sedentary behavior via state-of-the-art mobile phones will be efficacious at improving these behaviors relative to commercially available Android applications as a control. If efficacious, these types of intervention programs could be disseminated to a wide variety of sedentary and underactive adults at a relatively low cost. This could have a potentially significant impact on promoting improved health such as reduced obesity, a key problem within the U.S.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • aged 45 and older, currently sedentary, owns and uses a cell phone but not a Smartphone, willing to be randomly assigned

Exclusion criteria

  • free of clinically evident cardiovascular disease or any other medical condition or disorder that would limit participation in moderate intensity physical activities akin to brisk walking

Treatment and study plan

Mobile Intervention for Lifestyle Eating/Exercise @ Stanford

Behavioral

Participants are randomized to one of 4 groups, each of which uses a different Smartphone app to promote health behavior change

Primary outcomes

  1. Time spent being physically active

    Time frame: 2 months

  2. Time spent sitting

    Time frame: 2 months

  3. Changes in food consumption

    Time frame: 2 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Beliefs and behaviors about Smartphones

    Time frame: 2 months

  2. Beliefs and behaviors about the Smartphone application

    Time frame: 2 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stanford University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Jan 24, 2012
Registry last updated
Dec 9, 2015

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