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Referral From Primary Health Care Centers to a Physical Activity Program. A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT00714831 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 424

Last updated 2008-07-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Declining physical activity and the associated rising burden of disease is a major public-health problem and it has long been known that being physically active has positive health effects. The virtual absence of a public health practice infrastructure for the promotion of physical activity at the local level presents a critical challenge to control policy for chronic disease. We aimed to assess the efficacy of a 3-months physical activity program in primary health care to create adherence to physical activity in sedentary individuals.

Conditions

  • Sedentary General Population

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity intervention

3-months physical activity intervention

BEHAVIORAL

Health educational program

Health education sessions and stretching sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Unitat de Suport a la Recerca, Barcelona, Spain

    collaborator OTHER

  • Catalan Society of Family Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carlos Martin, PhD, MD · Primary Health Care of Barcelona

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-09-30
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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