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The CHAT (Community Health Advice by Telephone) Study
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT00131092
Purpose
The purpose of the study is to compare a telephone-administered physical activity counseling
program delivered by a person or by a telephone-linked computer system and test their
relative benefits in improving regular physical activity among adults ages 55 and older.
Official Title
Exercise Advice by Human or Computer: Testing 2 Theories
Stanford Investigator(s)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women ages 55 and older
- Free of any medical condition that would limit participation in independent exercise
- Not currently engaged in a regular pattern of physical conditioning
- Free of clinical psychopathology
- Stable on current medications
- Planning to remain in the geographic area through the duration of the trial
- Able to read and speak English sufficiently to understand protocol materials
- Can use the telephone unaided
- Willing to accept random assignment to any study condition
Exclusion Criteria:
- Under the age of 55
- Currently under treatment for an acute, serious medical condition (e.g., cancer, heart
disease, stroke)
- Physically active on a regular basis (i.e. performing more than 60 minutes per week of
aerobic physical activity of at least a moderate intensity)
- Unstable and/or uncontrolled on medications for high blood pressure or depression
- Unable or unwilling to use a telephone unaided
- Unwilling to accept random assignment to study condition
Intervention(s):
behavioral: The Stanford Active Choices program
behavioral: The TLC system
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305