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BCT Intervention For Walking Habit Among Caregivers of People With AD/ADRD

CompletedNA

Sponsor: Northwell Health

Conditions: Inactivity, Physical

Interventions: Behavior Change Technique Package

Countries: United States

This 12-week trial will test the efficacy of a multi-component, personalized text-message delivered behavior change technique (BCT) intervention to encourage habitual physical activity (defined as regular walking of 1,000 or more steps during a one-hour period on 7 consecutive days according to a personalized walking plan) among care providers of persons with AD/ADRD via the key mechanism of behavior change (MoBC) of automaticity. The main question it aims to answer whether a multi-component, personalized BCT intervention to increase a walking habit of 1,000 steps/day will lead to successful development of habitual walking among 60 percent of caregivers enrolled.

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 18 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Identify as a caregiver (formal/paid or informal/unpaid) for persons with Alzheimer's Disease or Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD)
* Age \>=18 and \<=85
* Speak English or Spanish as primary language
* Self-report low levels of physical activity or walking

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals who self-report having been informed by a clinician it is medically or physically unsafe to engage in a walking intervention
* Does not own or cannot regularly access a smartphone capable of receiving text messages or accessing the internet
* Does not own or have access to an email address
* Lives outside the United States

Locations (1)

New Hyde Park, New York, United States