The VA-STRIDE Study
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Overweight, Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyle
In brief
The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of an expert-system, print-based physical activity (PA) intervention delivered to Veterans receiving primary care at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00731094
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 232
- Starts
- 2010-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-04-27
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- at least 18 years of age at the time of enrollment,
- one or more primary care clinic visits at VAPHS in the 12 months prior to enrollment
- overweight or obese, with a BMI > =25.0 kg/m\^2 at the most recent primary care visit prior to enrollment.
You may not qualify if…
- primary care provider judgment that unsupervised moderate-intensity exercise will place the Veteran at risk of a cardiovascular event, or other safety concern for guided but unsupervised physical activity
- Veteran is nonambulatory or requires assistive devices to ambulate (e.g., wheelchairs, prosthetic legs, canes or walkers),
- Veteran regularly participates in moderate to brisk physical activity 60 minutes or more each week
- current diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other comorbid conditions deemed to be contraindications for guided, unsupervised physical activity
- self-reported blindness and/or unable to read printed material in English (e.g., a newspaper)
- plans to move from the VAPHS treatment area in the next 12 months
- unable or unwilling to travel to the study site 4 times during the 12-month study period
- VAPHS employee
- current participant in another interventional research study that may confound outcomes
- unable or unwilling to provide signed, informed consent
Where it is running
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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