Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Using Mobile Phones
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Healthy Studies |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 45 - 90 |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | October 2010 |
| End Date: | December 2014 |
The purpose of this research is to test programs to increase physical activity and reduce
sedentary behavior using motivational messages over a cell phone.
sedentary behavior using motivational messages over a cell phone.
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.
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.
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
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