CompletedNot Applicable

Activity Trackers for Improving BP

United States63 participantsStarted 2017-06-01

Plain-language summary

The study aims to determine if use of physical activity trackers coupled with provider feedback will increase awareness of young adults of their physical fitness and improve blood pressure levels. The goal of this pilot study is feasibility, with a secondary goal of examining potential effect sizes for planning purposes for a larger randomized controlled trial.

Who can participate

Age range8 Years – 30 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * ages 8-30 receiving anti-hypertensive therapy at the time of recruitment. * diabetes, non-dialysis requiring chronic kidney disease, kidney transplant, or other etiologies of hypertension * have phones compatible for wireless device (FitBits©) data transmission Exclusion Criteria: * history of decompensated congestive heart failure * pregnant * cognitive impairment * unable to perform physical activity * BP \>180/110 mm Hg * prisoners * contraindication to use or wear of home activity tracker (such as allergy to activity tracker band) * presence of any co-morbidity that would preclude physical activity * actively using physical activity tracking devices prior to the study will be excluded.

What they're measuring

Change in Mean Office Systolic BP

Timeframe: Between baseline and month 12

Change in Mean Office Systolic BP

Timeframe: Between baseline and month 6

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03325426

SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-01-01

Results submitted2022-04-08

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