NCT06803797

BCT Intervention For Walking Habit Among Caregivers of People With AD/ADRD

A Behavior Change Technique (BCT) Intervention to Develop a Walking Habit Among Caregivers for Persons With 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 multi-component, personalized text-message delivered behavior change technique (BCT) intervention to encourage habitual physical activity (defined as regular walking of 1,000 or more steps during a one-hour period on 7 consecutive days according to a personalized walking plan) among care providers of persons with AD/ADRD via the key mechanism of behavior change (MoBC) of automaticity. The main question it aims to answer whether a multi-component, personalized BCT intervention to increase a walking habit of 1,000 steps/day will lead to successful development of habitual walking among 60 percent of caregivers enrolled.

Conditions

• Inactivity, Physical

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: 2025-03-18
• Primary completion: 2026-04-30
• Completion: 2026-04-30
• First posted: 2025-01-31
• Last updated: 2026-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States