Table 1.

Initial Telephone Screening Questions

Section 1: Demographics

1.(After a brief study description) Are you interested in hearing more about the study?

2.How did you hear about the study?

3.May I ask your biological sex?

4.What is your age?

5.What is your date of birth?

Section 2: PAD

6.Has a doctor ever told you that you have blockages in your leg arteries, intermittent claudication, or peripheral artery disease?

7.Do you get pain, discomfort, tightness, weakness, or other symptoms in your legs when you walk?

8.Are you a current or former smoker?

9.Has a doctor ever told you that you had diabetes?

10.Would you like to be contacted in the future about new research studies?

Section 3: Interest

11.(After a detailed study description) Do you think you are interested in participating?

Section 4: Inclusion/exclusion

12.What is your height?

13.What is your weight?

14.For this study, you will be asked to attend 2–3 baseline visits and engage in an intervention for 1 year. During the year you will be asked to attend weekly visits for the first 4 months. These weekly visits will transition to every other week for the 5th and 6th months of the study, and finally, to once‐a‐month sessions for the last 6 months of the study. Will you be able to come to (visit location) for this schedule of visits?

Section 5: Physical activity

15.Do you walk for exercise currently?

If yes, on average, how many days per week do you walk for exercise?

If yes, on average, how many minutes per day do you walk for exercise?

Section 6: Equipment

16.Do you have a smartphone?

If no, are you willing to learn how to use a smartphone to record your diet if one is provided to you during the study?

If yes, please provide the type of device and operating system or version.

Section 7: Alcohol use

17.Do you drink alcohol?

If yes, how many drinks do you have a week?

Section 8: Self‐report inclusion/exclusion criteria

18.In the last 3 months, have you had a heart attack?

19.In the last 3 months, have you had a stroke?

20.Have you had any major surgeries or revascularizations of the heart or legs (ie, procedure to improve blood flow) in the past 3 months?

21.Do you anticipate any major surgeries or revascularizations (ie, procedure to improve blood flow in the heart or legs) in the next 12 months?

22.Do you use an oxygen tank other than at night?

23.Do you have a kidney disease that requires dialysis?

24.Do you have a foot ulcer or open wound on the bottom of your foot that interferes with walking?

25.Have you had a significant eating disorder within the past 5 years?

26.In the last 6 months, have you been treated for schizophrenia or psychosis?

27.In the last 6 months, have you been hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder?

28.Do you have Parkinson disease?

29.Do you have a leg amputation?

30.Do you use a walker or wheelchair?

31.Do you have visual impairment that interferes with walking?

32.In the past 6 months, have you been treated for drug abuse?

33.In the past 6 months, have you undergone weight loss treatment, or are you currently undergoing weight loss treatment?

34.Have you gained or lost any weight in the past 6 months?

If yes, how many pounds?

Section 9: Additional information

35.Do you have cancer that has required treatment in the last 2 years?

36.Do you have foot pain at night that gets better when you sit up and dangle your feet?

If yes, has the foot pain gotten worse in the past month?

37.Do you have an implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator?

38.Are you currently participating in a supervised treadmill exercise or cardiac rehabilitation program, or have you participated in a supervised treadmill exercise or cardiac rehabilitation program in the past 3 months?

39.Are you currently participating in any other clinical research studies, or have you completed a clinical research study in the last 3 months?