Schedule Intervention to Increase Sustainable Walking Activity in Midlife Working Adults

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Conditions studied: Physical Activity

In brief

While people commonly understand that regular physical exercise conveys many health benefits, only 20% of U.S. adults take regular exercise and they have difficulty maintaining new healthy behaviors. The goal of this study is to use a planning intervention to help establish and maintain a daily step regimen in working midlife adults. The investigators will ask participants to plan when, where, and how to act on a daily walking goal in conjunction with a scheduling intervention to increase the chances that they will maintain this new regimen. The effectiveness of three different scheduling interventions will be compared.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03272438

Run by

Brandeis University

People needed

149

Starts

2018-04-13

Expected to finish

2019-07-24

Last updated by the study team

2025-02-17

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• currently working 3 or more days (or 24 hours or more) per week;
• physically minimally active (as determined using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

You may not qualify if…

• a recent (within the past 6 months) cardiovascular event, or fall.
• anyone who already exercises regularly, 3 times a week or more for at least 30 minutes, will be excluded

Where it is running

• Brandeis University — Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

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