Status:
COMPLETED
Madres Para la Salud (Mothers for Health)
Lead Sponsor:
Arizona State University
Conditions:
Overweight and Obesity
Depression, Postpartum
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-40 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of "Madres Para la Salud" \[Mothers for Their Health\] is to see how support and encouragement can help women to make positive changes in their health. This program tested if supportive in...
Detailed Description
Project Summary The purpose of "Madres para la Salud" (Mothers for Health) was to explore the effectiveness of a culturally specific intervention using walking "bouts" to affect changes in the health...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Hispanic descendent
- Between 18 and 40 years old
- At least 6-weeks but less than 6-months post childbirth
- Sedentary (according to the American College of Sports Medicine)
- Have the ability to participate in moderate intensity physical activity (according to the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q))
Exclusion
- Pregnant or planning a pregnancy in the next 12 months
- Have a BMI less than 25 or greater than 35
- Take anti-depressant medications
- Take anticoagulants or herbal therapy to thin the blood
- Participate in regular, strenuous physical activity (exceeding 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week)
- Severe musculoskeletal or cardiorespiratory problems that would preclude physical activity
- Infectious illness
- Acute inflammation (white blood count outside the normal range of 4.8-10.8 of 1000/mm3)
- Chronic systemic inflammatory diseases (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis), or other acute illness that may affect systemic inflammation at the time of blood draw and fat tissue biopsy
- Regularly taking high doses of oral steroid medication (more than typical basal replacement levels)
- High doses of aspirin (above 1 g/day), or high doses of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g., 3-4 times/day)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
177 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01908959
Start Date
February 1 2010
End Date
March 1 2012
Last Update
July 26 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Maricopa Integrated Health System
Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85008