eMOTION: Examining Implicit Attitudes in Physical Activity Engagement
Using Real-Time Data Capture to Examine Implicit Attitudes as Mediators of Physical Activity Adherence in Interventions
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This early study tests ways to change automatic feelings about physical activity. It will see if these changes help inactive adults who are overweight or obese become more active.
This early-phase trial will test intervention strategies to influence implicit attitudes towards physical activity and determine whether changes in those mechanisms result in change in physical activity behavior among inactive adults who are overweight or obese.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- Be age 18 or older and live in the United States.
- Report a BMI of 25 or higher. BMI is a measure based on height and weight.
- Do less than 60 minutes of planned exercise each week.
- Own a smartphone and have internet or Wi-Fi access where you live during the study.
- Be able to speak and read English, and be interested and willing to start an exercise program.
- Wear the study’s Fitbit Versa smartwatch all day, every day, including at work and during exercise. Use it instead of any other Fitbit or smartwatch during the study.
- Be able to read small text on the watch without glasses, or be willing to carry reading glasses during exercise.
- Be enrolled in the main eMOTION study.
Who can't join
- Have a thinking or memory disability that prevents you from understanding and agreeing to join the study.
- Be unable to do a key part of the study, such as exercise, wear a wrist device that tracks movement, or answer short surveys on the smartwatch.
- Be pregnant.
- Have been referred to the study by another participant or through Reddit.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Aged ≥ 18 years 2. Reside in the United States 3. Self-reported BMI ≥ 25 4. Current structured physical activity engagement \< 60 minutes per week 5. Own a personal smartphone device 6. Reside in an area with Internet or Wi-Fi connectivity during the study period 7. Able to speak and read in English 8. Interested and willing to start a physical activity program 9. Willing to wear a Fitbit Versa smartwatch provided by the study team everyday continuously (including at work and during physical activity), in place of any Fitbits or smartwatches previously worn, for the duration of the study period 10. Able to read the small font on a smartwatch screen without glasses, or willing to carry reading glasses during physical activity for the purpose of reading the smartwatch screen 11. Enrolled in the parent eMOTION intervention study Exclusion Criteria: 1. Inability to provide informed consent due to cognitive disability 2. Inability to engage in one or more key treatment components, including those with medical conditions that preclude physical activity engagement or who cannot wear an accelerometer on the wrist or answer brief surveys on the smartwatch for any reason 3. Current pregnancy 4. Referred to the study by another participant or from Reddit.
Study sites (1)
CA
- Univeristy of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA 90032Micaela Hewus, MPH · Study contact · 323-442-7304 · micaelag@usc.eduGenevieve F Dunton, PhD MPH · Principal investigatorMore trials in Los Angeles