BCT Intervention For Walking Habit Among Caregivers of People With AD/ADRD

A Behavior Change Technique (BCT) Intervention to Develop a Walking Habit Among Caregivers for Persons With Alzheimer's Disease (AD) or Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ADRD)

This 12-week trial will test the efficacy of a multi-component, personalized text-message delivered behavior change technique (BCT) intervention to encourage habitual physical activity (defined as regular walking of 1,000 or more steps during a one-hour period on 7 consecutive days according to a personalized walking plan) among care providers of persons with AD/ADRD via the key mechanism of behavior change (MoBC) of automaticity.

The main question it aims to answer whether a multi-component, personalized BCT intervention to increase a walking habit of 1,000 steps/day will lead to successful development of habitual walking among 60 percent of caregivers enrolled.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Identify as a caregiver (formal/paid or informal/unpaid) for persons with Alzheimer's Disease or Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD)
• Age >=18 and <=85
• Speak English or Spanish as primary language
• Self-report low levels of physical activity or walking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals who self-report having been informed by a clinician it is medically or physically unsafe to engage in a walking intervention
• Does not own or cannot regularly access a smartphone capable of receiving text messages or accessing the internet
• Does not own or have access to an email address
• Lives outside the United States