NCT05714280

PA4Health Physical Activity App Open Pilot Study for African American Women

Developing a Tailored, Theoretically-Driven Smartphone Physical Activity Intervention for African American Women

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: City University of New York, School of Public Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Test the acceptability of a smartphone physical activity app for African American women

Detailed description

The goal of this aim is to collect data that guide the refinement of intervention components and structure to increase appeal to AA women. Fifteen physically inactive AA women will participate in a 12-week study examining the feasibility, acceptability, and usage of the PA4Health app. They will receive a Fitbit tracker to be worn during the trial. Following the trial, participants will complete self-report measures as well as a semi-structured interview to learn about their experience in using the app, any experienced difficulties, and recommendations for improving the acceptance and usage of the app. Intervention components: The intervention components include: tailored daily text intervention text message, educational feature, goal setting and monitoring, and an activity locator that allow participants to enter their zip code and view available resources for physical activity.

Conditions

• Test Acceptability/Usability of a Physical Activity App Developed for African American Women

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	PA4Health Open Pilot	The goal of this aim is to collect data that guide the refinement of intervention components and structure to increase appeal to AA women. Fifteen physically inactive AA women will participate in a 12-week study examining the feasibility, acceptability, and usage of the PA4Health app. They will receive a Fitbit tracker to be worn during the trial. Following the trial, participants will complete self-report measures as well as a semi-structured interview to learn about their experience in using the app, any experienced difficulties, and recommendations for improving the acceptance and usage of the app.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-25
• Primary completion: 2025-10-30
• Completion: 2025-10-30
• First posted: 2023-02-06
• Last updated: 2025-08-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States