Caminemos! Trial to Increase Walking Among Sedentary Older Latinos

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

600

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2005

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2009

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2009

Conditions
AgingSedentary Lifestyle
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

The Lifetime Fitness Program

A series of 4 weekly 1-hour group discussion sessions that utilize attribution retraining techniques from the field of motivational psychology in combination with behavioral strategies based in social cognitive theory; weekly for 4 weeks, monthly for 11 months, then every two months for 12 months (total duration = 24 months

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise class

1-hour exercise class aimed at increasing strength, flexibility and endurance; weekly for 4 weeks, monthly for 11 months, then every two months for 12 months (total duration = 24 months

Trial Locations (1)

90095

UCLA Division of Geriatrics, Los Angeles

All Listed Sponsors
lead

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

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