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Peer Support for Increasing Physical Activity in People With Serious Mental Illnesses

NCT00458094 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2017-12-06

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Summary

This study will determine the effectiveness of a peer support system in increasing physical activity and effecting health behavior change in people with serious mental illnesses.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity intervention with peer support (PA+PS)

Participants in the PA+PS group will have three exercise sessions each week for 4 months, which will include group exercise classes and open gym hours for supervised individual exercise. They will also meet with a peer educator once a week for 15 minutes. Peer educators will provide emotional, informational, instrumental, and appraisal support that is aimed to motivate participants to partake in the exercise sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity intervention without peer support (PA)

Participants in the PA group will attend the three weekly exercise sessions for 4 months but will not attend meetings with the peer educator.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Gail L. Daumit, MD, MHS · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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