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A Study for Testing Text Messaging and Newsletter as a Strategy for Interrupting Sedentary Behavior

NCT03671499 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2019-11-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study will examine the possibility of reducing sedentary behavior (SB) in African Americans with MS. SB consists of any waking activities that are done lying or sitting and do not demand significant physical effort (e.g., watching television, using the computer). SB is a major public health issue because it is associated with mortality and higher probabilities of presenting with health conditions and morbidity. There is indication that SB is related to physical disability, which is the inability of performing daily activities independently. This outcome is of high concern for persons with MS, especially those from underserved groups, such as African Americans. Thus, reducing the amount of time that people with MS spend in SB is important, but it is hard to find ways of doing so in large groups of people with MS. One possibility is to use text-messages to inform people about the necessity and benefits of interrupting SB by standing up, walking, or doing another activity. Text-messages are an ideal way to prompt behavior change because almost everyone owns a cellphone/smartphone in today's world. Considering this potential, the investigators will be studying whether or not it is possible to have a small group of African Americans with MS spend less time in SB by sending informative text-messages prompting individuals to stand-up and move around. This study will be used to inform the development of a much larger study that will aim to reduce SB in a very large sample of persons with MS.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social Cognitive Theory based text messages

Participants receive daily text messages and bi-weekly newsletters with information about reducing sitting behavior and increasing physical activity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert W Motl, PhD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-27
Primary Completion
2019-06-05
Completion
2019-10-25

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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