Clinical trial NCT02123342: SMS Reminders for Exercise Among Older Adults. Malaysian Physical Activity for Health Study
Official title: Promoting Exercise Among Older Malaysians Using SMS Reminders. The Malaysian Physical Activity for Health Study (myPAtHS): A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Exercise
Keywords: health
older adults
mobile phone
Lead sponsor: University of Malaya
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2014-04-25
Enrollment: 43
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 55
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of the study is:

1) To evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of an SMS reminder intervention for promoting an health-related exercise programme (myPAtHS) among older Malaysian adults, in a randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Hypothesis: Frequency and duration of the exercise programme execution will be higher for the SMS reminder condition compared to the programme only condition. The effect may be reduced from post- to follow-up measurement (24 weeks after baseline and 12 weeks after post-measurement) but all outcomes will remain significantly higher at 24 weeks.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Mobile phone user
* Acceptable health that does not prevent exercise
* Acceptable command of the English language
* No engagement in a regular- structured exercise routine like gym training or other structured programmes
* Interest in an exercise programme
* Willing to attend scheduled follow-up sessions at 12 weeks (pre-post evaluation) and 24 weeks (post-intervention evaluation) after the first session

Exclusion Criteria:

* participants who have any medical condition or health concern that would restrict regular exercise based on one screening question. If this question will be answered with "yes" participants are advised to seek medical care.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of myPAtHS exercise sessions.
timeFrame: 12 weeks & 24 weeks
measure: Time spent doing the myPAtHS exercise programme.
timeFrame: 12 weeks & 24 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in overall physical activity.
timeFrame: baseline, 12 weeks & 24 weeks
measure: Change in exercise self-efficacy.
timeFrame: baseline, 12 weeks & 24 weeks
measure: Change in grip strength.
timeFrame: baseline, 12 weeks & 24 weeks
measure: Change in leg-strength.
timeFrame: baseline, 12 weeks & 24 weeks
measure: Subjective intensity while doing the myPAtHS exercise programme.
timeFrame: 12 weeks & 24 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Petaling Jaya
country: Malaysia
facility: Premises of research participants
state: Selangor
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Malaya
name: ANDRE M MüLLER, MA
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Malaya
name: SELINA KHOO, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Victoria University
name: TONY MORRIS, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Muller AM, Khoo S, Morris T. Text Messaging for Exercise Promotion in Older Adults From an Upper-Middle-Income Country: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2016 Jan 7;18(1):e5. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5235.