Planning the Next Steps: Using an Implementation Intention Approach to Increase Daily Walking
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Brief Summary
The study goal is to design an intervention utilizing implementation intentions to help participants prospectively plan and visualize ways to increase activity for the next day among working adults who do not currently exercise or use an activity monitor. Investigators will assess the level of and changes in physical activity, and how this relates to various individual factors that are related to exercise and health, including self-efficacy, control beliefs, and cognition.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jun 2015
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
June 1, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 1, 2016
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2016
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 13, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 24, 2017
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
January 14, 2019
CompletedJanuary 14, 2019
July 1, 2018
1.3 years
April 13, 2017
September 12, 2017
July 19, 2018
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Steps
Weekly average of daily step counts with Fitbit (averaged across 7 days at Week 1 and averaged across 7 days at Week 5).
Week 1 & Week 5
Activity Intensity
Weekly average of daily time spent in moderate to vigorous intensity activity (averaged across 7 days at Week 1 and averaged across 7 days at Week 5).
Week 1 & Week 5
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Cognitive Composite Score
Baseline (Pre-Test) and Week 5 (Post-Test )
Exercise Control Beliefs
Baseline (Pre-Test) and Week 5 (Post-Test )
Exercise Self-efficacy
Baseline (Pre-Test) and Week 5 (Post-Test )
Exercise Self-efficacy Beliefs - Time Composite
Baseline (Pre-Test) and Week 5 (Post-Test )
Study Arms (2)
Control group
EXPERIMENTALParticipants will wear a Fitbit Zip to record their daily activity data, which will be deidentified and aggregated with an online platform called Fitabase. Participants in the control group will be matched with the intervention group for how much contact they have with the researcher.
Implementation Intention Condition
EXPERIMENTALParticipants will wear a Fitbit Zip to record their daily activity data, which will be deidentified and aggregated with an online platform called Fitabase. Participants in this arm will receive all components of the intervention: scheduling, maps, and activity goals.
Interventions
Participants will wear a Fitbit Zip for 5 weeks to record their daily activity data. The first week of the study will provide a baseline measurement of activity. After this week, participants in this condition will begin receiving daily emails asking them to report their step count in a questionnaire. Participants in the control group will be matched with the intervention group for how much contact they have with the researcher.
Participants will wear a Fitbit Zip for 5 weeks to record their daily activity data. The first week of the study will provide a baseline measurement of activity. After this week, participants will be asked to increase their steps incrementally by 2,000 steps each week for the subsequent four weeks. To help achieve their step goals, they will receive maps of different routes near their home and/or work of varying distances and step counts. They will be asked to review their schedule for the next day and identify times when they could add steps into their schedules, and to record their daily step data in the daily questionnaire.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Currently working full time
- Not engaged in regular exercise
- years of age or older
You may not qualify if:
- Not healthy enough to engage in a walking intervention
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Related Publications (2)
Robinson SA, Lachman ME. Perceived Control and Aging: A Mini-Review and Directions for Future Research. Gerontology. 2017;63(5):435-442. doi: 10.1159/000468540. Epub 2017 Apr 8.
PMID: 28391279BACKGROUNDRobinson, S. A. & Lachman, M. E. (2016). Perceived Control and Behavior Change: A Personalized Approach. In F. Infurna & J. Reich (Eds.), Perceived Control: Theory, Research, and Practice in the First 50 Years (pp. 201-227). New York, New York: Oxford University Press.
BACKGROUND
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Dr. Margie E. Lachman
- Organization
- Brandeis University
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Margie Lachman, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
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
- Masking Details
- The participants are aware of the nature of the intervention. They are not aware if they are the experimental or control group.
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 13, 2017
First Posted
April 24, 2017
Study Start
June 1, 2015
Primary Completion
October 1, 2016
Study Completion
October 1, 2016
Last Updated
January 14, 2019
Results First Posted
January 14, 2019
Record last verified: 2018-07
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share