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Intervention: Behavioral Change Techniques to encourage Habit Formation for Sedentary Lifestyle

Phase 1
Waitlist Available
Led By Karina W Davidson
Research Sponsored by Northwell Health
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Age 45 - 75 years old of age
Fluent in English
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up steps will be assessed continuously via worn activity tracker and step counts will be reported daily.
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Study Summary

This study is evaluating whether text message reminders can help increase physical activity in healthy adults.

Eligible Conditions
  • Sedentary Lifestyle
  • Aging
  • Motor Skills
  • Health Behaviors

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~assessed once after the completion of the intervention period.
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and assessed once after the completion of the intervention period. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in Automaticity Score.
Participant Satisfaction With Personalized Trial Components.
Secondary outcome measures
Participant Adherence to Self-Monitoring.
Participant Attitudes and Opinions Towards Personalized Trials.
Proportion of Days Adhering to Walking Habit.
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Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Intervention: Behavioral Change Techniques to encourage Habit FormationExperimental Treatment5 Interventions
Individuals will receive daily text messages with the goal of increasing daily walking by 2,000 more steps 5 days per week. Participants will be enrolled for a baseline period lasting 2 weeks where their average daily activity level will be assessed using a Fitbit device to generate an average daily step counts. Following completion of baseline, participants will be asked to generate a walking plan with the goal of walking an additional 2,000 steps above their baseline activity level on 5 days per week. This walking plan will include details about day of the week, time of day, and location of walking. Once participants have completed their walking plan, they will receive daily texts based on the 5 identified BCTs for the duration of the 10-week intervention. All BCTs will be delivered daily. The goal of the text messages will be to encourage habit formation for walking behavior.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Habit Formation
2021
Completed Phase 1
~80
Behavioral Practice/Rehearsal
2021
Completed Phase 1
~50
Goal setting
2016
Completed Phase 1
~110
Action Planning
2021
Completed Phase 1
~280
Self-monitoring of behavior
2021
Completed Phase 1
~50

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Logistics

Participation is compensated

You will be compensated for participating in this trial.

Who is running the clinical trial?

Northwell HealthLead Sponsor
456 Previous Clinical Trials
470,138 Total Patients Enrolled
National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH
1,655 Previous Clinical Trials
28,004,121 Total Patients Enrolled
19 Trials studying Sedentary Lifestyle
4,202 Patients Enrolled for Sedentary Lifestyle
Columbia UniversityOTHER
1,424 Previous Clinical Trials
2,472,978 Total Patients Enrolled

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~12 spots leftby Mar 2025