Clinical trial NCT02124967: A Mosque-Based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in South Asian Muslim Women
Official title: Exploring the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effectiveness of a Mosque-Based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in South Asian Muslim Women: A Pilot Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Lead sponsor: Women's College Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2014-04-28
Enrollment: 28
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: South Asian (SA) women living in Ontario have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) compared to the general population. Various explanations for these differences have been established, one of which is based on low levels of physical activity in people of SA origin, particularly in Muslim women.

This pilot trial will test the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a Mosque-based exercise and educational intervention designed for SA Muslim women.

1. What is the feasibility of a mosque-based intervention to promote physical activity that is culturally and gender sensitive to South Asian Muslim women?
2. What is the acceptability of a mosque-based intervention to promote physical activity that is culturally and gender sensitive to South Asian Muslim women?
3. What is the effectiveness of a mosque-based intervention to promote physical activity that is culturally and gender sensitive to South Asian Muslim women?

Detailed description: South Asian (SA) women (people with origins in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka) living in Ontario have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) compared to the general population. Various explanations for these differences have been established, one of which is based on low levels of physical activity in people of SA origin, particularly in Muslim women. Studies suggest that they participate in less physical activity or recreational exercise compared to other SA women. Practical barriers (e.g. lack of time, childcare) are often interwoven with cultural barriers, such as restrictions leaving the home alone to enter mixed-gender settings, and lack of socialization into sporting and other outdoor activities) inhibit participation.

The provision of culturally and gender sensitive facilities, such as women-only exercise sessions at mosques could serve as a solution for Ontario SA Muslim women to be more active. Studies indicate health promotion programs in religious institutions (e.g. churches) have demonstrated clinical and psychosocial benefit to women of various ethnic groups. Similar to Canadian churches, mosques have key elements identified in the literature to be beneficial in providing physical activity opportunities for Muslim women: partnerships, available and accessible space and supportive social relationships.

To the investigators' knowledge, mosque-based physical activity interventions for SA Muslim women have not been implemented and evaluated in Ontario. Such interventions are needed to help attenuate the risk of diabetes and CHD in this ethnic group who represent a significant part of the Ontario population.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Muslim women attending Madinah Mosque

Exclusion Criteria:

men

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of exercise sessions attended
timeFrame: 10 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Duke Activity Status Index (DASI)
timeFrame: Change from Baseline in DASI at 10 weeks
Other outcomes:
measure: Change in the International Physical Activity Questionaire (IPAQ)
timeFrame: Change from Baseline in IPAQ at 10 weeks.
Locations:
city: Toronto
country: Canada
facility: Jennifer Price
state: Ontario
Study officials:
affiliation: Women's College Hospital
name: Jennifer AD Price, RN,PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Women's College Hospital
name: Ananya T Banerjee, RegKin,PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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