Increasing Activity Post-Kidney Transplant With SystemCHANGE

Study procedures include group sessions at the OSU Transplant Clinic with 10-12 participants for 6 months and a 6-month maintenance phase without contact from study personnel until month 12. Session 1 for the control group will be identical to the Intervention with the only exception being that participants in the control group will not be asked to increase their step goal. Throughout their participation, subjects will be asked questions only about their use of the Fitbit activity tracker. The research team will not be in contact with them for 6 months, after which time there will be a final group session.

Study procedures include group sessions with 10-12 participants for 6 months and a 6-month maintenance phase without contact from study personnel until month 12. Study personnel will demonstrate proper Fitbit activity tracker use, and teach participants to sync to their smartphone and retrieve data from their Fitbit. Subjects will be called to encourage them to increase their step goal 5% each month. Fitbit activity tracker reports will be reviewed and participants will be asked to identify what people or things influence their physical activity. Subjects will be asked what they are learning about physical activity, their contentment level with current physical activity, and if they want to make changes. Participants will continue for months, after which time there will be a final group session.