Project ALIVE (A Lifestyle Intervention Via Email) - Full Text View

Sponsor:	Kaiser Permanente
Collaborator:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information provided by:	Kaiser Permanente
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00607009

Purpose

The objective of this study is to test the effectiveness of an email-based diet and physical activity intervention on increasing physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption and decreasing intake of saturated and trans fats and added sugars.

Condition	Intervention
Inactivity	Behavioral: ALIVE

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title:	Email-Based Diet and Activity Promotion in Worksites

Further study details as provided by Kaiser Permanente:

Primary Outcome Measures:

change in physical activity [ Time Frame: 4 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

change in fruits and vegetables [ Time Frame: 4 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
health-related quality of life [ Time Frame: 4 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
presentism [ Time Frame: 4 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
stage of change [ Time Frame: 4 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
self efficacy [ Time Frame: 4 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment:	797
Study Start Date:	July 2006
Study Completion Date:	May 2007
Primary Completion Date:	May 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1 received emails	Behavioral: ALIVE email-based behavioral program
Placebo Comparator: 2 no contact	Behavioral: ALIVE email-based behavioral program

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	21 Years to 65 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

regional Northern California KP employees

Exclusion Criteria:

none

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00607009

Sponsors and Collaborators

Kaiser Permanente

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Barbara Sternfeld, PhD

Kaiser Permanente

More Information

No publications provided by Kaiser Permanente

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Sternfeld B, Block C, Quesenberry CP Jr, Block TJ, Husson G, Norris JC, Nelson M, Block G. Improving diet and physical activity with ALIVE: a worksite randomized trial. Am J Prev Med. 2009 Jun;36(6):475-83.

Block G, Sternfeld B, Block CH, Block TJ, Norris J, Hopkins D, Quesenberry CP Jr, Husson G, Clancy HA. Development of Alive! (A Lifestyle Intervention Via Email), and its effect on health-related quality of life, presenteeism, and other behavioral outcomes: randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2008 Nov 19;10(4):e43.

Responsible Party:	Barbara Sternfeld, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00607009 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	CN-04BSter-02-H, 5R01DP000095-03
Study First Received:	January 22, 2008
Last Updated:	February 4, 2008
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2012