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NCT Number: NCT01264757

Steps Toward Adapting Physical Activity Guidelines for the Lower Mississippi Delta Population

This feasibility study specifically addresses the issue of adapting US dietary guidelines physical activity recommendations to the population of the Lower Mississippi Delta. The hypothesis is that including a pedometer as a self-monitoring tool as part of adapted physical activity guidelines will result in greater immediate increases in physical activity (as monitored by an accelerometer) than an education program alone.

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Key information

Conditions

Physical Inactivity Behavior Sedentary Behavior

Age range

35 year–64 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Early Phase 1

Primary location

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808, United States

About this study

The purpose of this study was to determine if a short-term pedometer-based intervention results in immediate increases in time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) compared to a minimal educational intervention.A sample of 43 overweight adults 35 to 64 years of age participated in a one week pedometer-based feasibility trial monitored by accelerometry. Participants were randomized into a one-week education-only group or a group that also wore a pedometer. Accelerometer-measured MVPA was measured over 7 days at baseline and post-intervention.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 35 to 64 years of age
  • body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 34.9 kg/m2
  • being able to walk without limitation

Exclusion criteria

  • cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, neuromuscular, neurological, or psychiatric problems; musculoskeletal problems interfering with exercise
  • immunodeficiency problems
  • malignancies in the last 5 years
  • any other medical condition or life threatening disease that could be aggravated by exercise

Treatment and study plan

Physical Activity Educational Materials

Behavioral

A brochure was provided to participants about the health benefits of physical activity and physical activity recommendations

pedometer

Behavioral

A pedometer was provided to participants in addition to educational materials about the health benefits of physical activity.

Primary outcomes

  1. Minutes spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)

    Time frame: The primary outcome is measured at baseline and after a 7-day intervention period (1 week)

    A GT3X accelerometer is used to monitor each participants physical activity levels for seven consecutive days at baseline and again following a 7-day intervention period. The amount of time per day spent above a threshold of 2200 accelerometer counts/min is averaged over at least three days as the measure of MVPA.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Other

Collaborators

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Registry information

Acronym: STEPS

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Dec 22, 2010
Registry last updated
Feb 5, 2016

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