Caminamos: A Smartphone App to Connect With Walking Partners

NCT03059901 | Completed Results

• 3 other identifiers: R43MD009652R43MD009652-01303
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Despite numerous interventions designed to increase physical activity, few are specifically tailored to Latinas, a population where higher rates of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases are present. This proposed smartphone app will use location-based services to connect Latinas with one another in order to improve walking habits by increasing social support and decreasing perceived barriers, both of which are known to play a role in physical activity behaviors. In this Phase I research, surveys of potential end-users will determine interest in the app and focus groups will help shape a prototype of the app, which will be developed and tested to determine feasibility and functionality for a randomized Phase II intervention.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

Physical Activity; Latina Women; Minority Health; Mobile Technology; Social Support

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• System Usability Questionnaire

  Participant perspective of program feasibility. Ten likert-type questions assessing user-friendliness of technology. Each question has five answer options that range from "Strongly Agree" to "Strongly Disagree". Scores range from 0-100. A score of 68 or above is considered above average. All scores averaged.

  4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

More App Notifications

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive more notifications than the Active Comparator group from the Caminamos app to walk.

Other: Caminamos App

Normal App Notifications

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants receive less notifications than the Experimental group from the Caminamos app to walk.

Other: Caminamos App

Interventions

Caminamos App OTHER

Mobile phone that encourages Latina women to walk together through social support.

More App Notifications; Normal App Notifications

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Klein Buendel, Inc.: lead
• Stanford University: collaborator
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Stanford University, School of Medicine, The Stanford Prevention Research Center

Palo Alto, California, 94304-8445, United States

Location

Klein Buendel, Inc.

Golden, Colorado, 80401, United States

Location

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  BACKGROUND

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  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Valerie Myers, PhD
• Organization: Klein Buendel

vmyers@kleinbuendel.com

3035654343

Study Officials

• Valerie Myers, PhD

  Senior Scientist

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 16, 2017
• First Posted: February 23, 2017
• Study Start: August 4, 2015
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2016
• Study Completion: December 31, 2016
• Last Updated: September 20, 2018
• Results First Posted: September 20, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (2)