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Tweet4Wellness: An Online Virtual Support Group for Promoting Increased Physical Activity

NCT02958189 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2020-04-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a Twitter-based intervention with a private, online support group can significantly increase number of walking steps compared to self-monitoring of physical activity alone or a control group in sedentary women at a women's heart clinic.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity
  • Social Media

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tweet4Wellness

A daily, behavior change theory-based intervention message is sent to a private, 25-person online Twitter-support group to prompt peer-to-peer discussion. Participants receive individual text messages to encourage group participation (e.g. 'thank you for participating' or 'please participate tomorrow'). Participants also receive weekly individual messages giving them daily step goals for the week based on their previous week's daily step average, recorded from Fitbit.

BEHAVIORAL

Self-monitoring

A Fitbit is provided to the group which tracks participants' daily steps.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Judith Prochaska, PhD · Stanford University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-20
Primary Completion
2019-12-15
Completion
2019-12-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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