N/A
N=571
A Skills-based RCT for Physical Activity Using Peer Mentors
Health Behavior · Obesity · Motor Activity
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02329262 ↗Enrolled (actual)
571
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Mar 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Change in Body Mass Index From T1 to T3 — -.9257; -.6503 kg/m2
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Mentoring to be Active with Accelerometers (Behavioral); Planning to be Active with Accelerometers (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult · 14+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
- Primary completion
- Nov 2018
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Change in Body Mass Index From T1 to T3 |
-.9257; -.6503 | — |
| PRIMARY Change in Total Body Weight From T1 to T3 |
-4.96; 8.72 | — |
| PRIMARY Change in Pounds of Body Fat From T1 to T3 |
-3.05; -3.13 | — |
| SECONDARY Moderate Physical Activity (Daily) |
4.9; 4.9 | — |
| SECONDARY Outcome Expectancies Scale |
81.47; 81.8 | — |
| SECONDARY Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale |
783; 830 | — |
| SECONDARY Outcome Expectations Scale |
68.5; 70.3 | — |
| SECONDARY Social Support From Family and Friends to Exercise |
29.4; 33.2 | — |
| SECONDARY Vigorous Physical Activity |
176; 198 | — |
Summary
This approach will train peer mentors to deliver a culturally appropriate intervention and provide social support that is critical for facilitating and sustaining health behavior change. The objective is to compare the efficacy of an innovative healthy lifestyle skills mentoring program (Mentored Planning to be Active [MBA]) to a teacher led program (PBA) for increasing physical activity in Appalachian high school teens. MBA emphasizes the social determinants of health by using a social networking approach that trains peer mentors to support targeted teens
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- 9th or 10th grade students as participants
- 11th or 12th grade students as mentors
- Classroom teachers who instruct health education or physical education to 9th and 10th grade students.
- Not expected to move from school prior to conclusion of study
- Speaks English
Exclusion Criteria
- Peer mentors with a BMI (for age and gender) above the 85th percentile or below the 5th percentile at the start of the study
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02329262). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.