Rationale, design, and baseline findings from a pilot randomized trial of an IVR-Supported physical activity intervention for cancer prevention in the Deep South: the DIAL study.

ABSTRACT: Telephone-delivered interventions do not require frequent clinic visits, literacy, or costly technology and thus may represent promising approaches to promoting physical activity in the Deep South, a largely rural U.S. region, with generally lower physical activity, income, and education levels. Building on past Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system-based HIV studies and extensive formative research (11 focus groups on physical activity intervention needs/preferences in the Deep South), the resulting IVR-supported physical activity intervention is now being tested in a randomized controlled trial with a waitlist control. The sample (n=63) includes mostly obese (Mean BMI=30.1) adults (Mean age=43 years) in Birmingham, AL. Both genders (55.6% male) and African Americans (58.7%) are well-re

SUBMITTER: Pekmezi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5830176 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature