Increasing Physical Activity Among Overweight Women With Mobility Disabilities.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study aims to increase physical activity among overweight African-American women with mobility limitations.

Detailed Description
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Regular, sustainable physical activity can have a dramatic effect on reducing obesity and other secondary conditions and increasing quality of life. People with mobility limitations have a higher level of physical inactivity resulting from numerous personal and environmental barriers to physical activity participation. This project will evaluate the feasibility of increasing physical activity among overweight individuals with mobility limitations through physician-referrals to a personalized exercise programme at the Chicago-based National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD).

Official Title
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Personalized Exercise Programme (PEP) I: Physician Referral Approach to Increasing Awareness and Sustainability of Physical Activity for Overweight Adults With Mobility Limitations.

Conditions
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Obesity

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Personalized exercise programme (PEP)


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: 18 years or older English speaking Self-reported mobility limitation BMI greater than or equal to 27 Receiving care at the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) Medical Center Sedentary Exclusion Criteria: did not receive physician approval to participate

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Arm 1: Physical activity awareness<br>The awareness group received a physician-recommendation to exercise an informational brochure, and pedometer. | |
| Experimental: Arm 2: Lower Support<br>The lower support group received arm 1 plus monthly newsletter, weekly personalized exercise support via telephone. | Behavioral: Personalized exercise programme (PEP)<br>* Physician referred overweight and obese clients to 24 month personalized exercise programme at the U. of Illinois, Chicago<br>* Other names: PEP;|
| Experimental: Arm 3: Higher support<br>The higher support group received arm 1 plus arm 2 plus a face-to-face monthly exercise support group. | Behavioral: Personalized exercise programme (PEP)<br>* Physician referred overweight and obese clients to 24 month personalized exercise programme at the U. of Illinois, Chicago<br>* Other names: PEP;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Physical activity | Physical activity was assessed using the Physical Activity and Disability Scale (PADS), the Barriers to Physical Activity and Disbility Scale (B-PADS), (Rimmer et al 2000) and the Mobility Limitation score (Velozo et al 1999). | 24 months | 
| Body mass index (BMI) | Derived emperically | 24 months | 
| Blood lipids | Derived emperically | 24 months | 
| Weight | Derived emperically | 24 months | 
| Blood Pressure | Dervied emperically | 24 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Psychosocial Health | Confirmed using the Quality of Wellbeing scale (Anderson et al 1989), and CARDIA-2 scale, an 11-item assessment (Allen et al 2001). | 24 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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obesity, mobility limitations, women, physical activity