Computerized Health Education to Promote Physical Activity

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

This study will test the efficacy of providing primary care physicians and their patients with computer-tailored information, based on patients' responses to survey questions. The health education messages are designed to encourage patients to become physically active and to encourage physicians to counsel their patients about exercise.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00242658

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

394

Starts

2005-05-01

Expected to finish

2008-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-11-12

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ability to speak and read English
• Current patient of a physician participating in this study (if selecting a new physician, may deliberately select one that is involved in the study, in order to participate)
• Ability to complete all written surveys
• Accessible for follow-up telephone surveys
• Ability to undergo exercise testing

You may not qualify if…

• Currently participating in another research study
• Planning to move out of the Philadelphia area
• Unable to walk without pain
• Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the year following study entry
• Excessive drinking
• Coronary heart disease
• Congestive heart failure
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Cerebrovascular disease
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Arrhythmia
• Recurrent seizures
• Dizziness
• Balance problems
• Psychoses

Where it is running

• Jefferson Family Medicine Associates — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Jefferson Medical College, Department of Health Policy — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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