title: A pilot study combining Go4Life® materials with an interactive voice response system to promote physical activity in older women.
abstract: Telephone-based interactive voice response (IVR) systems could be an effective tool for promotion of physical activity among older women. To test IVR feasibility, we enrolled 30 older women in a 10-week physical activity intervention designed around National Institute on Aging (NIA) Go4Life® educational materials with IVR coaching. Participants (mean age = 76 years) significantly increased physical activity by a mean 79 ± 116 (SD) minutes/week (p < .001). Participants reported that the Go4Life® materials, pedometer, and IVR coaching (70% reported easy technology) were useful tools for change. This pilot study demonstrates IVR acceptability as an evidence-based physical activity program for older women.
authors.affiliation: a Stanford Prevention Research Center , Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford , California , USA.
authors.forename: Juliann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saquib
authors.affiliation: a Stanford Prevention Research Center , Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford , California , USA.
authors.forename: Abby C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: a Stanford Prevention Research Center , Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford , California , USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Division of Public Health Sciences , Seattle , Washington , USA.
authors.forename: Lesley F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Tinker
authors.affiliation: a Stanford Prevention Research Center , Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford , California , USA.
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.affiliation: c Division of Preventive Medicine , University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham , Alabama , USA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shikany
authors.affiliation: d University of Arizona Cancer Center, School of Medicine , University of Arizona , Tucson , Arizona , USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bea
authors.affiliation: b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Division of Public Health Sciences , Seattle , Washington , USA.|e School of Public Health , University of Washington , Seattle , Washington , USA.
authors.forename: Andrea Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Lacroix
authors.affiliation: f Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine , Northwestern University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Horn
authors.affiliation: a Stanford Prevention Research Center , Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford , California , USA.
authors.forename: Marcia L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Stefanick
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States
keywords: Go4Life®; interactive voice response; intervention; physical activity; women