AgingNCT00183014
Caminemos! Trial to Increase Walking Among Sedentary Older Latinos
A study testing The Lifetime Fitness Program and Exercise class in people with Aging and Sedentary Lifestyle, run by National Institute on Aging (NIA) at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a multifaceted behavioral intervention aimed at raising walking levels among sedentary older Latinos. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 60 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Aging, Sedentary Lifestyle
- What is being tested?
- The Lifetime Fitness Program and Exercise class
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 600 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Sep 2005to Aug 2009
- 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 60 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Aged 60 years or older
- Self-identifying as Latino/Hispanic
- Not currently participating in 20 minutes or more of physical activity 3 times a week
- Willingness to take brief physical activity screening test and if do not pass, provide the name of a physician who has seen the patient in the recent past
Who cannot join
- Plans to move from the area in the next 24 months
- Unable to participate in 1-hour group discussion
- Unable to walk
- Physician stating that patient is not medically able to participate
- Family member already participating
- Substantial cognitive impairment (determined by a screening test)
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
UCLA Division of Geriatrics
Los Angeles, California, 90095
About this study
Official title: Trial to Increase Walking Among Sedentary Older Latinos
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a multifaceted behavioral intervention aimed at raising walking levels among sedentary older Latinos.
Read the detailed description
Regular physical activity contributes to the health and quality of life of older adults, but unfortunately only 20% of men and 25% of women aged 65 years and greater meet the minimal national guidelines for physical activity. Older Latinos have higher rates of diseases that are most likely to benefit from physical activity, but have disproportionately high rates of sedentary lifestyle. To address this major public health problem, this study will implement and evaluate a multifaceted intervention to raise and sustain walking levels among older Latinos.
A total of 600 sedentary older Latinos will be recruited from community-based senior centers in the greater Los Angeles region. The specific aims of the study are to test the effect of the intervention on:
- the change in steps per week measured by digital pedometer from baseline to 1, 12, and 24-month follow-up;
- self-reported physical activity level and intervening constructs (including expectations regarding aging and self-efficacy expectations for physical activity);
- psychosocial health constructs, physical performance measures, and clinical health outcomes.
The core of the intervention consists of a series of 4 weekly 1-hour group discussion sessions that utilize attribution retraining techniques from the field of motivational psychology in combination with behavioral strategies based in social cognitive theory. Discussion sessions will be conducted at senior centers and led by a bilingual health educator; each session will be followed by a 1-hour exercise class aimed at increasing strength, flexibility and endurance. During the discussion sessions, the health educator will administer a structured culturally-tailored curriculum in which participants are taught to raise their expectations for physical activity with aging and not to attribute being sedentary to "old age." The 4 weekly sessions will be followed by monthly sessions for 11 months, and sessions every 2 months for the following 12 months (total intervention duration = 24 months). Participants will be randomized to 1 of 2 arms:
- intervention arm: receiving the discussion session and the exercise class;
- control arm: receiving just the exercise class with the same frequency and duration as the intervention group.
- Conditions
- Aging, Sedentary Lifestyle
- Being tested
- The Lifetime Fitness Program, Exercise class
- Keywords
- behavior therapy, exercise, gait, physical activity
- Medical subject headings
- Sedentary Behavior, Motor Activity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
The Lifetime Fitness ProgramBehavioural
A series of 4 weekly 1-hour group discussion sessions that utilize attribution retraining techniques from the field of motivational psychology in combination with behavioral strategies based in social cognitive theory; weekly for 4 weeks, monthly for 11 months, then every two months for 12 months (total duration = 24 months
Exercise classBehavioural
1-hour exercise class aimed at increasing strength, flexibility and endurance; weekly for 4 weeks, monthly for 11 months, then every two months for 12 months (total duration = 24 months
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experimental | discussion session and exercise class Receives: Behavioral: The Lifetime Fitness Program; Behavioral: Exercise class |
| 2 | Active comparator | exercise class only Receives: Behavioral: Exercise class |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Number of steps per week on digital pedometer
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
Secondary outcomes (11)
Self-reported physical activity level
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
beliefs about aging
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
self-efficacy
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
health-related quality of life
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
blood pressure
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
body mass index (BMI)
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
physical performance measures
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
hospital days
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
outpatient visits
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
restricted activity days
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
cognitive function
Measured: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted16 Sep 2005 (estimated)
- Study startSep 2005
- Primary completionAug 2009
- Study completionAug 2009
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 AgingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- 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
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 600 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Sponsor type
- US National Institutes of Health
- Investigators
- Catherine Sarkisian, MD, MSPH, Principal investigator, UCLA Division of Geriatrics
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00183014
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- AG0049
- Other IDs
- 5R01AG024460-02
- Status last verified
- May 2012
- First submitted
- 13 Sep 2005
- Last updated
- 18 May 2012
- Results posted
- No
Publications
Piedra LM, Andrade FCD, Hernandez R, Trejo L, Prohaska TR, Sarkisian CA. Let's walk! Age reattribution and physical activity among older Hispanic/Latino adults: results from the inverted exclamation markCaminemos! Randomized trial. BMC Public Health. 2018 Aug 3;18(1):964. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5850-6.
PubMed 30075709
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 May 2012. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Trial to Increase Walking Among Sedentary Older Latinos
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00183014
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- AG0049
- Conditions
- Aging, Sedentary Lifestyle
- Keywords
- behavior therapy, exercise, gait, physical activity
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 600 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)US National Institutes of Health
- Study start
- Sep 2005
- Primary completion
- Aug 2009 (actual)
- Study completion
- Aug 2009 (actual)
- First posted
- 16 Sep 2005 (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 examine the efficacy of a multifaceted behavioral intervention aimed at raising walking levels among sedentary older Latinos.
Detailed description
Regular physical activity contributes to the health and quality of life of older adults, but unfortunately only 20% of men and 25% of women aged 65 years and greater meet the minimal national guidelines for physical activity. Older Latinos have higher rates of diseases that are most likely to benefit from physical activity, but have disproportionately high rates of sedentary lifestyle. To address this major public health problem, this study will implement and evaluate a multifaceted intervention to raise and sustain walking levels among older Latinos.
A total of 600 sedentary older Latinos will be recruited from community-based senior centers in the greater Los Angeles region. The specific aims of the study are to test the effect of the intervention on:
- the change in steps per week measured by digital pedometer from baseline to 1, 12, and 24-month follow-up;
- self-reported physical activity level and intervening constructs (including expectations regarding aging and self-efficacy expectations for physical activity);
- psychosocial health constructs, physical performance measures, and clinical health outcomes.
The core of the intervention consists of a series of 4 weekly 1-hour group discussion sessions that utilize attribution retraining techniques from the field of motivational psychology in combination with behavioral strategies based in social cognitive theory. Discussion sessions will be conducted at senior centers and led by a bilingual health educator; each session will be followed by a 1-hour exercise class aimed at increasing strength, flexibility and endurance. During the discussion sessions, the health educator will administer a structured culturally-tailored curriculum in which participants are taught to raise their expectations for physical activity with aging and not to attribute being sedentary to "old age." The 4 weekly sessions will be followed by monthly sessions for 11 months, and sessions every 2 months for the following 12 months (total intervention duration = 24 months). Participants will be randomized to 1 of 2 arms:
- intervention arm: receiving the discussion session and the exercise class;
- control arm: receiving just the exercise class with the same frequency and duration as the intervention group.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experimental | Behavioral: The Lifetime Fitness Program, Behavioral: Exercise classdiscussion session and exercise class |
| 2 | Active comparator | Behavioral: Exercise classexercise class only |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 60 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Aged 60 years or older
- Self-identifying as Latino/Hispanic
- Not currently participating in 20 minutes or more of physical activity 3 times a week
- Willingness to take brief physical activity screening test and if do not pass, provide the name of a physician who has seen the patient in the recent past
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Plans to move from the area in the next 24 months
- Unable to participate in 1-hour group discussion
- Unable to walk
- Physician stating that patient is not medically able to participate
- Family member already participating
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Lifetime Fitness ProgramA series of 4 weekly 1-hour group discussion sessions that utilize attribution retraining techniques from the field of motivational psychology in combination with behavioral strategies based in social cognitive theory; weekly for 4 weeks, monthly for 11 months, then every two months for 12 months (total duration = 24 months | Behavioural | 1 |
| Exercise class1-hour exercise class aimed at increasing strength, flexibility and endurance; weekly for 4 weeks, monthly for 11 months, then every two months for 12 months (total duration = 24 months | Behavioural | 1, 2 |
Primary outcome
Number of steps per week on digital pedometer
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
11 secondary outcomes
Self-reported physical activity level
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
beliefs about aging
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
self-efficacy
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
health-related quality of life
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
blood pressure
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
body mass index (BMI)
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
physical performance measures
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
hospital days
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
outpatient visits
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
restricted activity days
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
cognitive function
Time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months
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 18 May 2012.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 30075709Piedra LM, Andrade FCD, Hernandez R, Trejo L, Prohaska TR, Sarkisian CA. Let's walk! Age reattribution and physical activity among older Hispanic/Latino adults: results from the inverted exclamation markCaminemos! Randomized trial. BMC Public Health. 2018 Aug 3;18(1):964. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5850-6.
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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.
Catherine Sarkisian, MD, MSPH principal investigator
UCLA Division of Geriatrics
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing The Lifetime Fitness Program and Exercise class in people with Aging and Sedentary Lifestyle, run by National Institute on Aging (NIA) at 1 site in United States.
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 4 inclusion and 6 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 18 May 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
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?
Number of steps per week on digital pedometer (time frame: baseline and 1, 12, and 24-months). 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 NCT00183014, 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 18 May 2012.