BCT Intervention For Walking Habit Among Caregivers of People With AD/ADRD

Description

This 12-week trial will test the efficacy of a multi-component, personalized text-message delivered behavior change technique (BCT) intervention to encourage habitual physical activity (defined as regular walking of 1,000 or more steps during a one-hour period on 7 consecutive days according to a personalized walking plan) among care providers of persons with AD/ADRD via the key mechanism of behavior change (MoBC) of automaticity. The main question it aims to answer whether a multi-component, personalized BCT intervention to increase a walking habit of 1,000 steps/day will lead to successful development of habitual walking among 60 percent of caregivers enrolled.

Conditions

Inactivity, Physical

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Study overview

This 12-week trial will test the efficacy of a multi-component, personalized text-message delivered behavior change technique (BCT) intervention to encourage habitual physical activity (defined as regular walking of 1,000 or more steps during a one-hour period on 7 consecutive days according to a personalized walking plan) among care providers of persons with AD/ADRD via the key mechanism of behavior change (MoBC) of automaticity. The main question it aims to answer whether a multi-component, personalized BCT intervention to increase a walking habit of 1,000 steps/day will lead to successful development of habitual walking among 60 percent of caregivers enrolled.

A Behavior Change Technique (BCT) Intervention to Develop a Walking Habit Among Caregivers for Persons With Alzheimer's Disease (AD) or Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ADRD)

BCT Intervention For Walking Habit Among Caregivers of People With AD/ADRD

Condition
Inactivity, Physical
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

New Hyde Park

Institute of Health System Science, New Hyde Park, New York, United States, 11042

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Identify as a caregiver (formal/paid or informal/unpaid) for persons with Alzheimer's Disease or Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD)
  • * Age \>=18 and \<=85
  • * Speak English or Spanish as primary language
  • * Self-report low levels of physical activity or walking
  • * Individuals who self-report having been informed by a clinician it is medically or physically unsafe to engage in a walking intervention
  • * Does not own or cannot regularly access a smartphone capable of receiving text messages or accessing the internet
  • * Does not own or have access to an email address
  • * Lives outside the United States

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 85 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Northwell Health,

Mark Butler, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Northwell Health

Study Record Dates

2026-04-30