Participants will receive the multilevel intervention consisting of community events, walking group formation, and short messaging service.

Does not receive the multilevel intervention.

Participants in the intervention arm may receive community events, partake in walking groups, and receive short messaging service.

Intervention

Ross C Brownson, PhD

The purpose of the study is to test a multilevel intervention's impact on increasing physical activity among rural residents. It is expected that participants who participate in more of the intervention (e.g., all levels) will increase their physical activity more than the control group and individuals who participate in less of the intervention (e.g., one level of the intervention).

The study will test the independent and moderating effects of a multilevel intervention and the community environment on physical activity among rural residents. The multilevel intervention consists of community, interpersonal, and intrapersonal aspects. The community level intervention consists of community events. The interpersonal level intervention consists of walking group formation. The intrapersonal level intervention consists of cues provided by short message service messages (i.e., text messaging). A dose response relationship is expected in the intervention communities.

Promoting Physical Activity in Rural Communities

Multilevel Approaches for Promoting Physical Activity in Rural Communities

* Participants will wear an accelerometer to measure physical activity.
* The outcome measure will measure the weekly minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity.
* Physical activity was measured using the Freedson Adult cutpoint categories from 1998. Each count was measured every 60 seconds/per minute.

  * Sedentary: 0-99 counts per minute
  * Light: 100-1951 counts per minute
  * Moderate: 1952-5724 counts per minute
  * Vigorous: 5725-9498 counts per minute
  * Very vigorous: 9499 and up counts per minute

* Will use the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire to determine the number of participants who met the physical activity recommendations at baseline and at the 18-month follow-up.
* The Global Physical Activity Questionnaire measures time spent in vigorous and moderate intensity physical activity in the domains of work, travel, and recreation. Participants will answer yes or no to their involvement in a given intensity (e.g., vigorous or moderate) in a given domain. If the participant answers 'yes' they will be asked on how many days do they partake in the activity, and for how many hours and/or minutes do they partake in the activity. A higher score equates to more physical activity. The range is from 0 minutes per week (no moderate physical activity in a week) to over 150 minutes per week (meeting recommendations) for moderate physical activity, and 0 minutes per week (no vigorous physical activity in a week) to over 75 minutes per week (meeting recommendations).

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Washington University School of Medicine

Professor

Participants will receive the multilevel intervention consisting of community events, walking group formation, and short messaging service.

Intervention: Participants in the intervention arm may receive community events, partake in walking groups, and receive short messaging service.

Multilevel Intervention

Control

Total

<=18 years

Between 18 and 65 years

>65 years

Missing or Not Reported

Age, Customized

Woman

Refused

This data is based on a question to the participant that asked "With what gender do you identify?"

Sex/Gender, Customized

Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)

White

Black or African American

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian or Pacific Islander

Multi-racial

Not reported or missing

Race/Ethnicity, Customized

United States

Region of Enrollment

Less than $10,000

$10,000 to under $15,000

$15,000 to under $20,000

$20,000 to under $25,000

$25,000 to under $35,000

$35,000 to under $50,000

$50,000 to under $75,000

$75,000 to under $100,000

$100,000 to under $150,000

$150,000 to under $200,000

$200,000 or more

Household income before taxes

Piedmont

Doniphan

Perryville

Dexter

Poplar Bluff

Sikeston

Mountain View

Portageville

Kennett

West Plains

Charleston

Caruthersville

Jackson

Farmington

Town that the participant reported living at the time of enrollment.

Town

Grades 1 - 8 (Elementary)

Grades 9 - 11 (Some High School)

Completed High School or GED equivalent

Some college or vocational program

Completed Associate degree (2-year program)

Completed Bachelors degree (4-year program)

Completed Masters degree

Beyond Masters degree

Highest education level

Diana Parra Perez, Ph.D.

Baseline

18-month follow-up

Only 56 participants (28 enrolled in the Multilevel Intervention Arm and 28 enrolled in the Control Arm) had valid data at baseline and at the 18-month follow-up.

Change in Objective Physical Activity Measured by Accelerometer Measured at Baseline and 18-month Follow-up

The number of participants analyzed includes only those who completed the questionnaire at the indicated time point.

Number of Participants Who Met the Subjective Physical Activity Recommendations as Measured by the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire at Baseline and 18-month Follow-up

Enrolled and Completed Baseline Survey

Completed Follow-up

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