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Prosocial Behavior and Volunteerism to Promote Physical Activity in Older Adults

NCT01528761 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 317

Last updated 2018-08-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this 12-month study is to compare how well two programs help older adults make physical activity a regular habit.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Prosocial Behavior Physical Activity (PBPA)

The PBPA condition involves a cognitive-behavioral intervention to teach participants the behavioral skills to engage in independent physical activity. Participants will engage in supervised physical activity delivered two times a week during months 1 to 3 at the William G. White, Jr. Family YMCA in Winston-Salem, NC. During months 4 to 6, supervised sessions will be held once per week, and sessions will be held once per month in months 7 to 9. Participants will engage in completely independent physical activity in months 10 to 12. PBPA participants will also be able to earn boxes of food for donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank (SHFB) of Northwest North Carolina based upon their weekly physical activity. Lowe's Foods, a regional grocery chain, will donate the food. Participants in the PBPA intervention also will receive a 12-month membership to the William G. White, Jr. Family YMCA at no cost.

OTHER

Healthy Aging (HA)

The HA group will receive a health education intervention based on topics from several sources, including the National Institute on Aging's Age Pages, University of Pittsburgh's 10 Keys to Healthy Aging; and Stanford University's Successful Aging program, among other topics . The HA intervention will receive ongoing staff contact, and will provide participants with excellent information on health-related topics. Biweekly 45-minute lectures will be given during months 1 to 6, and once per month during months 7 to 9. After each session, participants will engage in a 15-minute stretching routine. During months 10 to 12, no lectures will be given. After completion of the 12-month assessments, participants will receive a 12-month membership to the YMCA at no cost.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Capri G Foy, Ph.D. · Wake Forest University Baptist Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-15
Primary Completion
2017-03-28
Completion
2017-03-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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