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The VA-STRIDE Study

NCT00731094 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 232

Last updated 2015-04-27

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Summary

The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of an expert-system, print-based physical activity (PA) intervention delivered to Veterans receiving primary care at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Expert system-based physical activity counseling

The intervention included 14 mailings to participants that involved completion of physical activity questionnaires printed on forms that were scanned into a computerized expert system program to generate individually-tailored feedback messages and related manuals based on the Stages of Motivational Readiness for Change Model. Newsletters providing additional support and suggestions for increasing physical activity were also part of the mailing program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Mary Ann Sevick, ScD MS · VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2013-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00731094 on ClinicalTrials.gov