Caminamos: A Smartphone App for Latinas to Connect With Walking Partners

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Conditions studied: Physical Activity

In brief

Despite numerous interventions designed to increase physical activity, few are specifically tailored to Latinas, a population where higher rates of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases are present. This proposed smartphone app, ¡Caminemos Juntas!, will use location-based services to connect Latinas with one another in order to improve walking habits by increasing social support and decreasing perceived barriers, both of which are known to play a role in physical activity behaviors. Through a randomized comparative-effectiveness trial, this Phase II project will test the effectiveness of a smartphone application for improving physical activity among Latinas when providing them with real-time opportunities to connect socially with the goal of walking.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03854916

Run by

Klein Buendel, Inc.

People needed

78

Starts

2019-02-28

Expected to finish

2022-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2023-07-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 69. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• between the ages of 18 and 69 years, identify as Hispanic or Latina, identify as a woman, able to read and speak either English or Spanish, own a smartphone, not pregnant, consent to participate

You may not qualify if…

• Not between the ages of 18 and 69 years, not identify as Hispanic or Latina, not identify as a woman, unable to read or speak Spanish or English, pregnant, not own a smartphone.

Where it is running

• Stanford University — Stanford, California, United States
• Klein Buendel, Inc. — Golden, Colorado, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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