Clinical trial NCT01857648: Physical Activity Promotion in the Brazilian Primary Health Care Using Community Health Workers Counseling
Official title: Physical Activity Promotion in the Brazilian Primary Health Care Using Community Health Workers Counseling
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Keywords: Physical Activity
Health Promotion
Primary Health Care
Intervention Studies
Public health Practice
Lead sponsor: University of Sao Paulo
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
name: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
First posted: 2013-05-20
Enrollment: 176
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to test a methodology of counseling on physical activity among Community Health Workers working within primary health care in Brazil.

Detailed description: This is an intervention study conducted with 176 people attended by two Primary Health Units in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The intervention group received home visits of Community Health Workers trained on counseling on physical activity promotion. These workers received a course of 12 hours aimed to improve their knowledge and attitude about physical activity promotion. Evaluations will be done at the study baseline and 6 months after the beginning. The primary outcome is the population leisure-time and transport-related physical activity level.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years old or more
* To be registered in the Brazilian public health system

Exclusion Criteria:

* Health problem or disease that would make the individual incapable of practice physical activity
* Cognitive problem or disease that would not allow the individual from answering the questionnaire alone
* To have plans to move house over the six-months subsequent period
* Being pregnant

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline leisure-time and transport-related physical activity at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline self-rated health at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Change from baseline stage of behavior change at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Change from baseline barriers to physical activity practice at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Change from baseline Community Health Workers's counseling on physical activity at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Change from baseline Community Health Workers's knowledge about physical activity promotion at 1 month
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Change from baseline Community Health Workers's knowledge about physical activity promotion at 5 months
timeFrame: 5 months
measure: Change from baseline Community Health Workers's attitude about physical activity promotion at 1 month
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Change from baseline Community Health Workers's attitude about physical activity promotion at 5 months
timeFrame: 5 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sao Paulo
country: Brazil
facility: School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of Sao Paulo
state: SP
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Sao Paulo
name: Alex A Florindo, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Florindo AA, Costa EF, Sa TH, dos Santos TI, Velardi M, Andrade DR. Physical activity promotion in primary health care in Brazil: a counseling model applied to community health workers. J Phys Act Health. 2014 Nov;11(8):1531-9. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2012-0260. Epub 2013 Dec 31.