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Increasing Steps Per Day in Rural Veterans

NCT03930238 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 276

Last updated 2024-10-17

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Summary

VA MapTrek is a mobile-phone-based web application that allows participants to take a virtual walk in interesting locations around the world while tracking their progress against the progress of other veterans on an interactive map. Steps are counted using a commercially-available triaxial accelerometer (e.g., Fitbit), and users see their progress overlaid on Google Maps. The objective of this study is to report activity levels to veterans, thereby encouraging them to walk more. Once participants know how to text and use Google maps, no additional training is needed. VA MapTrek does not require a special app, so there are no logins or passwords to remember. Simply registering one's Fitbit and mobile phone at an initial enrollment meeting suffices.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

VA MapTrek

The objective is to report activity levels in our virtual environment to Veterans, thereby encouraging them to walk more.

BEHAVIORAL

Fitbit Only

Fitbit Only

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Philip M Polgreen, MD, MPH · University of Iowa

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-15
Primary Completion
2020-05-10
Completion
2020-05-10

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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