A Community-based Social Networking Intervention to Increase Walking in Dog Owners
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 107
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- feasibility
研究概览
简要总结
The present study aims to initially test a community dog walking intervention that addresses individual, interpersonal and community factors associated with dog walking. The study will be conducted in two cities, Worcester and Lowell, as a collaboration between investigators from UMass Medical School and UMass-Lowell.
详细描述
This is a group randomized trial where 8 communities in Worcester and Lowell (4 per city) will be randomly assigned to the 6-month dog walking intervention or a standard, self-help, print-based physical activity control condition. Dog owners (N=120; 15 per community) will be recruited. The intervention includes a social networking website, monthly newsletters, twice monthly neighborhood dog walks and community events. The intervention will: 1) educate owners about the benefits of dog walking to themselves and their dog, 2) teach strategies for regular dog walking, 3) teach dog walking tips and provide dog training seminars, 4) promote self-monitoring and goal setting for dog walking, 5) provide social networking opportunities for dog owners and 6) promote a sense of community via participation in neighborhood dog walks and community events. Intervention feasibility will be assessed by measures of implementation success, including recruitment and retention rates, website use, intervention satisfaction and attendance at neighborhood walks and community events. Initial efficacy will be assessed via change in weekly steps measured via a pedometer from baseline to 6-months after baseline.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Eligible participants will own a dog that is in good health and considered a household pet, be a Worcester or Lowell resident, be aged > 21 years old and have home internet access. Participants with cardiovascular disease, diabetes or other chronic health condition are eligible with permission from their PCP to participate.
排除标准
- •Participants will be excluded for any of the following:
- •Inability or unwillingness to give informed consent
- •Plans to move out of the area within the study period
- •Participated in a focus group during the developmental phase
- •Another household member is participating in the study
- •Pregnant or planning a pregnancy in the next six months
- •Condition that inhibits exercise (e.g., unable to walk unaided, or cannot walk 1/4 mile without stopping)
- •Incapable of engaging in physical activity as assessed by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire
- •Self-report engaging in > 150 minutes of moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity per week.
- •The participant's dog has a history of biting a human or has not received a rabies vaccination.
结局指标
主要结局
feasibility
时间窗: 6 months
Feasibility will be assessed by implementation success, including recruitment and retention rates, website use, intervention satisfaction and attendance at neighborhood walks and community events.
次要结局
- sense of community(baseline and 6 months)
- Weekly steps(baseline and 6 months)
- weekly dog walking minutes(baseline and 6 months)
- social support for walking(baseline and 6 months)
研究者
Kristin Schneider
Principal Investigator
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science