NCT02496728

NUYou:mHealth Intervention to Preserve and Promote Ideal Cardiovascular Health

American Heart Association Strategically Focused Research Network: mHealth Intervention to Preserve and Promote Ideal Cardiovascular Health

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 302 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 17 Years – 26 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the preservation or promotion of health in students during the college years.

Detailed description

Freshman college students at Northwestern University will be cluster randomized to two groups based on their dorm. The intervention for one group will target smoking, physical activity, BMI and consumption of fruits and vegetables. The intervention in the second group will target traveling behavior, sexual risk behaviors, sunscreen use and hydration. Baseline health and lifestyle measures will be assessed for each participant prior to intervention. Health assessments will measure height, weight, fasting glucose, total cholesterol and carbon monoxide. The lifestyle measure will ask questions about physical activity, diet, alcohol and tobacco use, safe sex practices, driving habits, and sunscreen use. These same measures will be repeated during the fall of the students' sophomore and junior years. Participants will be given a mobile application and encouraged to track some behaviors. In addition, participants will be asked to answer weekly questions regarding health behaviors.

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mobile Health Application	An application on a smart phone that is designed to help individuals self-monitor health behaviors.
BEHAVIORAL	Environmental Cues	Text messages, informational posts and reminders supporting healthy behaviors.
BEHAVIORAL	Social Support	Participants may interact with each other through a private Facebook group.
BEHAVIORAL	Educational Materials	Educational materials regarding healthy behaviors.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2019-02-28
• Completion: 2019-02-28
• First posted: 2015-07-14
• Last updated: 2019-05-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States