Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

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

United States100 participantsStarted 2025-03-18

Plain-language summary

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.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 85 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion 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 Exclusion Criteria: * 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

What they're measuring

Binary indicator of habit formation

Timeframe: Baseline to intervention period (12 weeks)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06803797

SponsorNorthwell Health

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-04-30