Brief Motivational Intervention to Increase Physical Activity and Fruit/Vegetable Intake
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01075139 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 24, 2010
Last Update Posted : September 22, 2011
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Physical Inactivity Poor Diet | Behavioral: Brief Motivational Intervention Behavioral: Educational information | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 70 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Pilot Trial of a Brief Motivational Intervention to Increase Physical Activity and Fruit/Vegetable Intake Among College Students |
Study Start Date : | October 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Brief Motivational Intervention
Subjects in this condition met one-on-one with a counselor for 30 minutes. Subjects received personalized feedback regarding their current physical activity levels and fruit/vegetable intake. Counselors used a motivational interviewing style to try to help resolve ambivalence about changing their current behaviors.
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Behavioral: Brief Motivational Intervention
30 minute one-on-one meeting |
Active Comparator: Educational information
Subjects in this condition received general educational information about the benefits associated with physical activity and fruit/vegetable intake.
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Behavioral: Educational information
Educational handouts/brochures |
- Vigorous physical activity minutes per week. [ Time Frame: One-month follow-up. ]
- Moderate physical activity minutes per week. [ Time Frame: One-month follow-up. ]
- Fruit and vegetable intake per week [ Time Frame: One-month follow-up ]Number of fruit and vegetable servings per day per week

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Two or fewer days of 30+ minutes of moderate physical activity per week
- Zero days of 20+ minutes of vigorous physical activity per week
Exclusion Criteria:
- Three or more days of 30+ minutes of moderate physical activity per week
- One or more days of 20+ minutes of vigorous physical activity per week

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01075139
United States, Tennessee | |
University of Memphis | |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38152 |
Principal Investigator: | Matthew P Martens, Ph.D. | University of Missouri-Columbia |
Responsible Party: | Matthew P. Martens, Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01075139 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
N/A (unfunded trial) |
First Posted: | February 24, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 22, 2011 |
Last Verified: | September 2011 |
Motivational interviewing Physical activity Diet |