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Prosocial Behavior and Exercise Among Older Adults

NCT00747019 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2009-07-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two exercise programs to determine how well they help older adults make exercise a regular habit after 9 months.

Conditions

  • Health-Related Quality of Life
  • Physical Activity
  • Physical Function

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Prosocial Behavior Physical Activity (PBPA)

The PBPA condition involves a center-based cognitive-behavioral intervention to teach participants the behavioral skills to engage in long-term (9-month) independent physical activity; delivered three times a week months 1-3; independent physical activity months 4-9. PBPA participants also earn boxes of food for donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank (SHFB) of Northwest North Carolina based upon their weekly physical activity.

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Exercise (PE)

The PE condition is a center-based cognitive-behavioral intervention to teach participants the behavioral skills to engage in long-term (9-month) independent physical activity; delivered three times a week months 1-3; independent physical activity months 4-9.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Capri G. Foy, PhD, MS · Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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