Physical ActivityNCT02372565
Facebook to Promote Physical Activity in Black Women African American Women
A study testing Facebook and text Message and Standard Print-based Intervention in people with Physical Activity, run by Arizona State University.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a social media and text-message-delivered, Social Cognitive Theory-based, culturally relevant intervention designed to promote physical activity among African American women. An 8-week, 2-arm randomized trial will be implemented. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 24 to 49 years, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Physical Activity
- What is being tested?
- Facebook and text Message and Standard Print-based Intervention
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 30 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Mar 2014to Jun 2014
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 24 to 49 years
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- self-identified as African American
- female
- insufficiently active (<150 min/week of moderate-intensity physical activity assessed by the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire)
- aged 24-49 years
- having an active Facebook account
- ability to read/write in English
Who cannot join
- concurrent participation in another physical activity promotion program (research or commercial)
- being pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant in the next 6 months, and
- self-reported condition that inhibits engagement in physical activity
- contraindication for physical activity according to the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) unless written permission from the participant's physician to engage in the study is provided
About this study
Official title: Using Mass Media to Promote Physical Activity in African American Women
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a social media and text-message-delivered, Social Cognitive Theory-based, culturally relevant intervention designed to promote physical activity among African American women. An 8-week, 2-arm randomized trial will be implemented. Arm 1 will receive a culturally-relevant, technology-based physical activity intervention delivered via Facebook and text messages. Arm 2 (Comparison Group) will receive a standard print-based physical activity promotion materials consisting of high quality physical activity promotion brochures produced by the American Heart Association.
Read the detailed description
The purpose of this study is to apply and investigate the feasibility of a social media and text-message-delivered, Social Cognitive Theory-based, culturally relevant intervention designed to promote physical activity among African American women. In an 8-week, 2-arm randomized trial, 30 African American women will be assigned to receive either: a) culturally-relevant, technology-based physical activity intervention delivered via Facebook and text messages, or b) a standard print-based physical activity promotion intervention consisting of high quality physical activity promotion brochures produced by the American Heart Association delivered via USPS mail.
Aim 1: Test the feasibility of a culturally relevant, social media and text-message delivered physical promotion pilot intervention among adult African American women. The investigators hypothesize that the culturally relevant Facebook and text message delivered intervention will be feasible as measured by the acceptability, implementation, and practicality of the intervention program.
Aim 2: Examine the impact of the culturally-relevant, Facebook and text message delivered intervention to increase physical activity and enhance associated Social Cognitive Theory constructs explicitly targeted by the intervention activities. Physical activity will be objectively measured by accelerometers and Social Cognitive Theory constructs of self-efficacy, social support, self-regulation, and outcome expectations will be assessed by validated self-report questionnaires. The investigators hypothesize that participants receiving the culturally-adapted, Social Cognitive Theory-based Facebook and text-message intervention will demonstrate higher physical activity levels and greater enhancements in Social Cognitive Theory constructs when compared to the standard print-based intervention group at the post-intervention assessment.
Aim 3: Examine the preliminary effect of a culturally relevant, social media-delivered physical activity promotion intervention on anthropometric, blood pressure, and blood lipid outcomes. The investigators hypothesize that increased physical activity at the post-intervention follow-up will be associated with improvements in these variables.
- Conditions
- Physical Activity
- Being tested
- Facebook and text Message, Standard Print-based Intervention
- Keywords
- African American, Women, Physical Activity, Social Media, Exercise, Facebook, Text message
- Medical subject headings
- Motor Activity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Facebook and text MessageBehavioural
Culturally-relevant physical activity promotion program
Standard Print-based InterventionBehavioural
Non-culturally relevant physical activity promotion program
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook and Text Message | Experimental | Participants randomized to the technology-based physical activity intervention will receive a culturally-relevant physical activity promotion intervention delivered via text messages and the social media website Facebook. The purpose of the intervention materials is to encourage participants to achieve a minimum of 150 minutes/week of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity each week. Receives: Behavioral: Facebook and text Message |
| Standard Print-based Intervention | Active comparator | Participants randomized to the standard print-based physical activity intervention group will be mailed 4 self-help booklets promoting physical activity produced by the American Heart Association. Booklets will be mailed one at a time in 2 week intervals over the 1st 6-weeks of the intervention. These high quality booklets provide general information on the benefits of physical activity, tips and strategies to increase daily physical activity, and encourage recipients to perform a minimum of 10,000 steps per day. Receives: Behavioral: Standard Print-based Intervention |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Feasibility of Using Facebook and Text Messaging to Deliver a Physical Activity Program to African American Women
Measured using a composite score by assessing acceptability (participants perceived satisfaction and usefulness of the program; perceived cultural relevance of the program), demand (interest in study participation; participant retention), and implementation (participant activity on the Facebook group page, successful delivery of text messages, successful delivery of study materials on the study Facebook wall) of the culturally relevant physical activity program.
Measured: Post Intervention (up to 8 weeks)
Secondary outcomes (10)
Change in physical activity from baseline to 8 weeks
Assessed by ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometers
Measured: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in exercise self-efficacy from baseline to 8 weeks
Assessed by the Exercise Confidence Survey (Sallis, 1988)
Measured: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in social support for exercise from baseline to 8 weeks
Assessed by the Social Support for Exercise Survey (Sallis,1987)
Measured: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in self-regulation for physical activity from baseline to 8 weeks
Assessed by the Self-Regulation Scale from the Health Beliefs Survey (Anderson, 2010)
Measured: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in outcome expectations for exercise from baseline to 8 weeks
Assessed by the Outcome Expectation Scale for Exercise (Resnick, 2000)
Measured: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in body mass index (BMI) from baseline to 8 weeks
Measured: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in total serum cholesterol from baseline to 8 weeks
Measured: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol from baseline to 8 weeks
Measured: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from baseline to 8 weeks
Measured: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in serum triglycerides from baseline to 8 weeks
Measured: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted26 Feb 2015 (estimated)
- Study startMar 2014
- Primary completionJun 2014
- Study completionJun 2014
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Physical ActivityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Arizona State UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Arizona State University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Barbara E. Ainsworth, Arizona State University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02372565
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY00000485
- Status last verified
- Feb 2015
- First submitted
- 6 Feb 2015
- Last updated
- 26 Feb 2015
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Joseph RP, Keller C, Adams MA, Ainsworth BE. Print versus a culturally-relevant Facebook and text message delivered intervention to promote physical activity in African American women: a randomized pilot trial. BMC Womens Health. 2015 Mar 27;15:30. doi: 10.1186/s12905-015-0186-1.
PubMed 25886945
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Feb 2015. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Using Mass Media to Promote Physical Activity in African American Women
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02372565
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- STUDY00000485
- Conditions
- Physical Activity
- Keywords
- African American, Women, Physical Activity, Social Media, Exercise, Facebook, Text message
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Arizona State UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Mar 2014
- Primary completion
- Jun 2014 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jun 2014 (actual)
- First posted
- 26 Feb 2015 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a social media and text-message-delivered, Social Cognitive Theory-based, culturally relevant intervention designed to promote physical activity among African American women. An 8-week, 2-arm randomized trial will be implemented. Arm 1 will receive a culturally-relevant, technology-based physical activity intervention delivered via Facebook and text messages. Arm 2 (Comparison Group) will receive a standard print-based physical activity promotion materials consisting of high quality physical activity promotion brochures produced by the American Heart Association.
Detailed description
The purpose of this study is to apply and investigate the feasibility of a social media and text-message-delivered, Social Cognitive Theory-based, culturally relevant intervention designed to promote physical activity among African American women. In an 8-week, 2-arm randomized trial, 30 African American women will be assigned to receive either: a) culturally-relevant, technology-based physical activity intervention delivered via Facebook and text messages, or b) a standard print-based physical activity promotion intervention consisting of high quality physical activity promotion brochures produced by the American Heart Association delivered via USPS mail.
Aim 1: Test the feasibility of a culturally relevant, social media and text-message delivered physical promotion pilot intervention among adult African American women. The investigators hypothesize that the culturally relevant Facebook and text message delivered intervention will be feasible as measured by the acceptability, implementation, and practicality of the intervention program.
Aim 2: Examine the impact of the culturally-relevant, Facebook and text message delivered intervention to increase physical activity and enhance associated Social Cognitive Theory constructs explicitly targeted by the intervention activities. Physical activity will be objectively measured by accelerometers and Social Cognitive Theory constructs of self-efficacy, social support, self-regulation, and outcome expectations will be assessed by validated self-report questionnaires. The investigators hypothesize that participants receiving the culturally-adapted, Social Cognitive Theory-based Facebook and text-message intervention will demonstrate higher physical activity levels and greater enhancements in Social Cognitive Theory constructs when compared to the standard print-based intervention group at the post-intervention assessment.
Aim 3: Examine the preliminary effect of a culturally relevant, social media-delivered physical activity promotion intervention on anthropometric, blood pressure, and blood lipid outcomes. The investigators hypothesize that increased physical activity at the post-intervention follow-up will be associated with improvements in these variables.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook and Text Message | Experimental | Behavioral: Facebook and text MessageParticipants randomized to the technology-based physical activity intervention will receive a culturally-relevant physical activity promotion intervention delivered via text messages and the social media website Facebook. The purpose of the intervention materials is to encourage participants to achieve a minimum of 150 minutes/week of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity each week. |
| Standard Print-based Intervention | Active comparator | Behavioral: Standard Print-based InterventionParticipants randomized to the standard print-based physical activity intervention group will be mailed 4 self-help booklets promoting physical activity produced by the American Heart Association. Booklets will be mailed one at a time in 2 week intervals over the 1st 6-weeks of the intervention. These high quality booklets provide general information on the benefits of physical activity, tips and strategies to increase daily physical activity, and encourage recipients to perform a minimum of 10,000 steps per day. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 24 to 49 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- self-identified as African American
- female
- insufficiently active (<150 min/week of moderate-intensity physical activity assessed by the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire)
- aged 24-49 years
- having an active Facebook account
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- concurrent participation in another physical activity promotion program (research or commercial)
- being pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant in the next 6 months, and
- self-reported condition that inhibits engagement in physical activity
- contraindication for physical activity according to the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) unless written permission from the participant's physician to engage in the study is provided
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Facebook and text MessageCulturally-relevant physical activity promotion program | Behavioural | Facebook and Text Message |
| Standard Print-based InterventionNon-culturally relevant physical activity promotion program | Behavioural | Standard Print-based Intervention |
Primary outcome
Feasibility of Using Facebook and Text Messaging to Deliver a Physical Activity Program to African American Women
Time frame: Post Intervention (up to 8 weeks)
Measured using a composite score by assessing acceptability (participants perceived satisfaction and usefulness of the program; perceived cultural relevance of the program), demand (interest in study participation; participant retention), and implementation (participant activity on the Facebook group page, successful delivery of text messages, successful delivery of study materials on the study Facebook wall) of the culturally relevant physical activity program.
10 secondary outcomes
Change in physical activity from baseline to 8 weeks
Time frame: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in exercise self-efficacy from baseline to 8 weeks
Time frame: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in social support for exercise from baseline to 8 weeks
Time frame: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in self-regulation for physical activity from baseline to 8 weeks
Time frame: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in outcome expectations for exercise from baseline to 8 weeks
Time frame: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in body mass index (BMI) from baseline to 8 weeks
Time frame: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in total serum cholesterol from baseline to 8 weeks
Time frame: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol from baseline to 8 weeks
Time frame: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from baseline to 8 weeks
Time frame: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Change in serum triglycerides from baseline to 8 weeks
Time frame: Two assessments, 8 weeks apart
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Feb 2015.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 25886945Joseph RP, Keller C, Adams MA, Ainsworth BE. Print versus a culturally-relevant Facebook and text message delivered intervention to promote physical activity in African American women: a randomized pilot trial. BMC Womens Health. 2015 Mar 27;15:30. doi: 10.1186/s12905-015-0186-1.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Facebook and text Message and Standard Print-based Intervention in people with Physical Activity, run by Arizona State University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Feb 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Feasibility of Using Facebook and Text Messaging to Deliver a Physical Activity Program to African American Women (time frame: Post Intervention (up to 8 weeks)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02372565, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Feb 2015.