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MY PALS: A Community-Based Physical Activity Support Program for Older Adults

NCT00132288 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 305

Last updated 2007-12-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a study of whether physical activity of older adults can be improved by linking primary care clinics serving older adults to a community-based program that provides motivational support, including peer counselors, for engaging in and maintaining moderate levels of physical activity.

Health care providers at the participating study sites routinely assess and track diabetic patients' physical activity. In addition to this routine care, study volunteers are referred to a support program that has been modelled on the Active Choices Program. Changes in volunteers' levels of activity are measured at 3, 6, and 12 months.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational support

Participants in the PALS program at SE Seattle Senior Center are assigned a volunteer phone buddy who uses motivational interviewing techniques during bi weekly or monthly phone calls to encourage the participant to become more physically active.

BEHAVIORAL

PALS - Physical activity for lifetime success

Referral by a primary care provider to a community based support program to enhance uptake or maintenance of physical activity by the participants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • James LoGerfo, MD · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-05-31
Completion
2006-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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