Diet and Activity Promotion Among Older Working Adults (ALIVE)

August 28, 2014 updated by: Gladys Block, Berkeley Analytics, Inc.
The trial will test whether the Alive email-delivered health behavior program can improve subjects' physical activity, fruits and vegetables and saturated/trans fats and added sugars.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

610

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • California
      • Berkeley, California, United States, 94704
        • Berkeley Analytics, Inc.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

50 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • aged 50+
  • currently employed
  • access to email/web

Exclusion Criteria:

  • angina

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Alive2
Lifestyle Intervention delivered via email and web
Weekly email/web goal-setting intervention to improve physical activity and diet, with and without additional phone and mail support.
Experimental: Alive2 plus automated phone/print
All of Arm 1 components, plus biweekly tailored automated phone coaching plus monthly tailored automated print materials.
Weekly email/web goal-setting intervention to improve physical activity and diet, with and without additional phone and mail support.
Placebo Comparator: Control
Monthly emailed newsletter on other aspects of wellness, excluding diet and physical activity
Weekly email/web goal-setting intervention to improve physical activity and diet, with and without additional phone and mail support.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in physical activity
Time Frame: 3, 6, 9, 12 months
Change in physical activity as reported on questionnaire
3, 6, 9, 12 months
Change in Fruits and Vegetables
Time Frame: 3, 6, 9, 12 months
Change in fruits and vegetables as reported on questionnaire
3, 6, 9, 12 months
Change in saturated fats
Time Frame: 3, 6, 9, 12 months
Change in saturated fat intake as reported on questionnaire
3, 6, 9, 12 months
Change in added sugar
Time Frame: 3, 6, 9, 12 months
Change in added sugar as reported on questionnaire
3, 6, 9, 12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Gladys Block, PhD, Berkeley Analytics, Inc.

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 27, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 1, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

November 3, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 29, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 28, 2014

Last Verified

August 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 5R44AG032241-03 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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