Utilizing Tailored Step-Count Feedback to Enhance Physical Activity in the Elderly (StepCount)

Individually tailored, mediated pedometer feedback will provide an effective method to promote physical activity adoption in the elderly

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Physical Activity; Elderly
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Web Mediated Step Intervention

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 160
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Wisconsin
    • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53201
      • Physical Activity & Health Research Laboratory

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 46 years to 81 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female individuals living in the community.
2. Aged between 50 and 85 years, at screening.

3. Sufficient physical function not to have limitations to participate in physical activity demonstrated by:

   • Habitual gait speed ≥ 1.5 mph, AND
   • No use of a cane or walker, AND
   • Able to walk ≥ 50 feet unaided
4. Sufficient cognitive function, as demonstrated by responses to the mini-mental state examination(>23 score).
5. Be able to read and write in English
6. Sedentary behavior, demonstrated by no regular activity / exercise for previous 6 months and/or a Stage of Change 2 and 3

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Presence of a rapidly progressive or terminal illness condition that is expected to result in significant functional decline during the course of the proposed studies.
2. Significant uncontrolled cardiovascular disease and conditions, e.g. unstable or new onset angina, unrepaired aortic aneurysms, critical aortic stenosis or CAD without bypass, persistent moderate to severe uncontrolled hypertension.
3. Significant uncontrolled metabolic disease, e.g. hemoglobin A1c levels greater than 8.0 and/or glucose levels greater than 300 mg/dL.
4. Fracture of lower extremity within three months.
5. Amputation other than toes.
6. Current history of severe arthritis or orthopedic condition precluding physical activity.
7. Participation in any regular structured exercise (resistance training, Tai Chi, high intensity walking, jogging, cycling, stair climbing, stepping, within the previous 6 months.
8. Individuals that start a new medication that can impact health variables examined during study period (e.g., beta blockers, glucose or cholesterol altering medications), or individuals who alter medication dose that can impact health variables examined within study period.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Usual Care
Active Comparator: 10,000 Steps Group; Each participant randomized to this study arm will receive a pedometer and a generic recommendation to accumulate 10,000 Steps per Day.	Behavioral: Web Mediated Step Intervention; The testing of a web mediated step intervention designed to set weekly step targets, and channel participants through a series of motivational screens depending on compliance or non-compliance with set step goals.
Experimental: Web Mediated Step Group; Participants randomized to this study arm receive an introduction to the study website. Each person utilizes the website to track their daily physical activity steps. Goals are given on a weekly basis to increase steps by 10% per day per week over baseline values. The website channels each participant through a series of motivational messages designed to increase compliance with recommended physical activity targets	Behavioral: Web Mediated Step Intervention; The testing of a web mediated step intervention designed to set weekly step targets, and channel participants through a series of motivational screens depending on compliance or non-compliance with set step goals.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Objectively assessed steps per day	Pedometer determined physical activity	12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• Collaborators: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Scott J Strath, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Anticipated): July 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 7, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 7, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): July 8, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): May 28, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 27, 2015
• Last Verified: May 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Physical Activity Enhancement
• Other Study ID Numbers: StepCount; K01AG025962 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)