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The Social Media and Activity Research in Teens Trial

NCT01870323 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2014-12-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In an effort to address the physical inactivity crisis among adolescents, the present study will examine the efficacy of using an already established Web-based social networking platform (i.e., Facebook) to deliver a physical activity intervention to adolescents.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SMART Behavioral Group

Test the efficacy of using social media to deliver a physical activity intervention based on social cognitive principles to increase lifestyle physical activity in low-active adolescents (i.e., access to regularly posted physical activity content on a study-specific, restricted access Facebook Group, as well as receipt of weekly video-based behavioral modules).

BEHAVIORAL

SMART Informational Group

Test the efficacy of using social media to deliver a physical activity intervention to increase lifestyle physical activity in low-active adolescents (i.e., access to regularly posted physical activity content on a study-specific, restricted access Facebook Group, but does not receive the weekly video-based behavioral modules).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Edward McAuley, PhD · Kinesiology & Community Health, UIUC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2014-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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