Bess H. Marcus|Sheri J. Hartman|Britta Larsen|Dori Pekmezi|Shira Dunsiger|Sarah E. Linke|Becky Marquez|Kim M. Gans|Beth C. Bock|Andrea S. Mendoza-Vasconez|Madison Noble|Carlos Rojas
Pasos Hacia La Salud: a randomized controlled trial of an internet-delivered physical activity intervention for Latinas
University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of Alabama at Birmingham|Miriam Hospital|Providence College|Brown University|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|Brown University|Providence College|Institute for Community Health|Miriam Hospital|Providence College|Brown University|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego
internet access grown markedly latinos past decade however internetbased physical activity interventions designed latinos despite large disparities lifestylerelated conditions obesity diabetes particularly latina women current study tested efficacy 6month culturally adapted individually tailored spanishlanguage internetbased physical activity intervention inactive latinas n 205 randomly assigned tailored physical activity internet intervention wellness contact control internet group participants groups received emails tapered schedule 6 months alert new content website primary outcome minutesweek moderate vigorous physical activity mvpa 6 months measured 7day physical activity recall activity also measured accelerometers data collected 2011 2014 analyzed 2015 university california san diego increases minutesweek mvpa significantly greater intervention group compared control group mean difference 5000 se 95 p 001 increases objectively measured mvpa also significantly larger intervention group mean differences 310 se 107 p 01 intervention group also significantly likely meet national physical activity guidelines 6 months 312 95 ci 146666 p 05 findings current study suggest internetdelivered individually tailored intervention successfully increased mvpa latinas compared wellness contact control internet group nct01834287