NCT06801912

A BCT Intervention for an Hourly Activity Habit Among Caregivers for Persons With AD/ADRD

A Behavior Change Technique (BCT) Intervention to Develop an Hourly Activity Habit Among Caregivers for Persons Alzheimer's Disease (AD) or Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ADRD)

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwell Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This 12-week trial will test the efficacy of a personalized, multi-component, personalized text-message delivered behavior change technique (BCT) intervention to encourage habitual hourly physical activity among care providers of persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) via the key mechanism of behavior change (MoBC) of automaticity. The main question it aims to answer is whether a multi-component, personalized BCT intervention to increase habitual walking of \>250 steps/hour will lead to successful development of habitual hourly walking among 50% of caregivers.

Conditions

• Sedentary Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavior Change Technique Package	Behavior Change Technique 1: Goal setting (Behavior) (BCT 1.1). Goal setting for behavior is defined as setting a goal for the behavior to be achieved. Behavior Change Technique 2: Action planning (BCT 1.4). Action planning is defined as detailing the plan of where, for how long, and at what time taking medication is going to be performed. Behavior Change Technique 3: Self-monitoring of behavior (BCT 2.3). Self-monitoring of behavior is defined as monitoring and recording behavior. Behavior Change Technique 4: Prompts/Cues (BCT 7.1) This BCT is defined as prompt rehearsal and repetition of the behavior in the same context repeatedly, so that the context elicits the behavior.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-25
• Primary completion: 2026-04-30
• Completion: 2026-04-30
• First posted: 2025-01-30
• Last updated: 2026-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States