Recruiting

Fade to Fitness

Sponsor:

University of South Carolina

Code:

NCT06262334

Conditions

Health Related Quality of Life

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

The Fade to Fitness Program

Study Details

Brief summary:

The Fade to Fitness Program is a targeted intervention designed to improve the holistic health and quality of life among Black men. This comprehensive initiative focuses on four key health behaviors: Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, Stress Management, and Depression Management.

It is grounded in psychological and social theories like Self-Determination Theory, Motivational Interviewing, and Social Cognitive Theory. The program emphasizes the importance of making informed choices, feeling competent and connected, and learning through observation and modeling. Facilitators play a pivotal role, leading group discussions, providing support, and fostering an inclusive atmosphere.

The program is structured into weekly sessions that tackle each health behavior, interspersed with off weeks; for community engagement, especially in barbershops, to discuss health topics and promote a healthier lifestyle.

Conditions

Health Related Quality of Life

Study ID

NCT06262334

Start date

Mar 6, 2024

Status verified date

Mar, 2024

Completion date

Jul 31, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 31, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Self-identify as African American or Black American male - 18 - 90 years of age
  • Able to speak and understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Currently participating in another health promotion intervention
  • On a special diet for a serious health condition
  • Intending to move within 6 months of participating in the intervention

Study Design

Enrollment

15 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: The Fade to Fitness Program

Interventions

The Fade to Fitness Program

The Fade to Fitness Program is a group-based and barbershop-based behavioral intervention to improve health-related quality of life among African American men. The program is unique because it is culturally targeted and individually tailored. The culturally targeted content was developed following barbershop-based focus groups. The Fade to Fitness Program targets four behaviors strongly linked to health-related quality of life among African American men - physical activity, healthy eating, stress management, and depression management. During the group-based portion of the program, Motivational Interviewing is used by the facilitator as a conversational approach to enhance participants\' motivation and commitment towards positive behavior change. The goal is to foster intrinsic motivation among participants to engage in these behaviors. It is individually tailored by encouraging participants to identify personal values and linking them to health promoting behaviors.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of men who are eligible/eligible. [ Time Frame: Up to 1 week ]
  • Length of time needed to enroll 15 men [ Time Frame: Up to 1 week ]
  • Facilitator-assessed attendance in intervention [ Time Frame: Up to 1 week ]
  • Number of men who express interest in the study [ Time Frame: Up to 1 week ]
  • Attrition in intervention [ Time Frame: Baseline to 5 months ]
  • Acceptability, appropriateness, demand, implementation, practicality, and integration of the intervention [ Time Frame: 2 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Guillermo M Wippold, PhD

803-216-1051wippold@mailbox.sc.edu

Locations

University of South Carolina

Recruiting

Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29208

Contacts

Guillermo M Wippold, PhD

803-216-1051wippold@mailbox.sc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Guillermo M Wippold, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of South Carolina

Last update posted

Feb 19, 2025

Last verified

Mar, 2024

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of South Carolina on 2025-02-19.