Why Join a Walking Program?

Older Adults Clinical Trial

Official title:

Why Join a Walking Program?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01730703
• Other study ID #: 815599
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 9, 2012
• Last updated: April 7, 2017
• Start date: February 2013
• Est. completion date: April 2013

Study information

• Verified date: April 2017
• Source: University of Pennsylvania
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this interview study is to learn why adults would join a walking program. This study involves interviews with persons who are 65 years of age or older. The interview takes approximately 25 minutes. A total of 132 people will be enrolled. This study will examine the utility or value of various potential features of an incentive-based walking program. These data will enable us to monitor and improve upon enrollment of incentive-based walking programs.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 132
• Est. completion date: April 2013
• Est. primary completion date: April 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 65 or older

• self rated health at least good on a scale of poor, fair, good, very good, excellent

• self reports no physical reason not to exercise or health condition that would interfere with being active

• self reports able to walk at least 2 blocks without assistance or stopping not participating in a daily walking exercise program

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Older Adults

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pennsylvania

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Willingness to Participate	The goal of this pilot project is to examine why adults would join an incentive-based walking program. Our focus is willingness to participate. Willingness to participate is measured on a 7 point ordinal scale.	Participation in the study will include only one interview, lasting approximately 25 minutes. Willingness to participate will be assessed during this first and only interview with the participant.
Secondary	Self explicated conjoint task	This study will examine the utility or value of various potential features of an incentive-based walking program. These data will enable us to monitor and improve upon enrollment of incentive-based walking programs.; How important is this feature? How desirable is this feature?; Importance: 7 point ordered scale from "extremely" to "not at all" Desirability: 7 point from "very desirable" to "very undesirable"	Participation in the study will include only one interview, lasting approximately 25 minutes. The self explicated conjoint task will be assessed during this first and only interview with the participant.