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What'Sapp Based Intervention for Promoting Physical Activity Among Female College Students

NCT04166955 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 103

Last updated 2020-03-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research will be to determine the efficacy and applicability of using WhatsApp-based intervention for physical activity promotion in female college students.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Promoting Physical Activity through mobile application

Students will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control group. WhatsApp groups will be formed within each study group. The control participants will have the WhatsApp group only for communications. And they will keep their usual activity for 10 weeks. The intervention participants will have the intervention WhatsApp group which will be for communication and providing the intervention materials. The intervention group will receive a brief (15-minute) orientation on exercise, and benefits of keeping a healthy life pattern. They will receive 3-4 health-promotional (Physical activity) messages per week via WhatsApp for 10 weeks; group interaction is optional without adding more messages aiming to promote physical activities from any participants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • King Khalid University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
28 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-07
Primary Completion
2020-02-02
Completion
2020-03-28

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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