Bingocize: A Novel Mobile Application for Older Adult Health
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
This study tests the effectiveness of using a new mobile application (Bingocize®) to improve older adults' (a) adherence to an engaging exercise program, and (b) aspects of functional performance, health knowledge, dietary habits, and cognition.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
Health-promoting interventions designed to improve physical and mental fitness can help reduce health care costs; they can also help maintain, or even improve, older adults' quality of life. However, getting older adults to adhere to health-promoting exercise interventions remains difficult because such programs are often perceived as being time-consuming, painful, or unenjoyable. The present study's objective is to investigate the effectiveness of a novel technological exercise intervention program for older adults (Bingocize); in doing so, the program has the potential to improve older adults' independence and quality of life. Older adults will participate in a pre/post-intervention design with random assignment to either the experimental or one of three comparison/control groups; each group will play Bingocize in a social setting with other older adults. Participants in the experimental group will use the app to engage in twice-weekly Bingocize sessions for twelve weeks (i.e., Bingo+Exercise+Health Education); control groups will also use the app for twelve weeks but for either health education-only, exercise-only, or bingo-only.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: Exercise + Health Education + Bingo Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults. Participants use the Bingocize app incorporating exercises AND health information on fall risks + diet/nutrition. |
Behavioral: Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults
A socially-based app that incorporates exercise and/or health education into a format familiar and engaging to older adults, designed to improve adherence to health-promoting behaviors
Other Names:
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| Active Comparator: Exercise + Bingo Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults. Participants use the Bingocize app incorporating exercises ONLY. |
Behavioral: Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults
A socially-based app that incorporates exercise and/or health education into a format familiar and engaging to older adults, designed to improve adherence to health-promoting behaviors
Other Names:
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| Active Comparator: Health Education + Bingo Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults. Participants use the Bingocize app incorporating health information on fall risks + diet/nutrition ONLY. |
Behavioral: Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults
A socially-based app that incorporates exercise and/or health education into a format familiar and engaging to older adults, designed to improve adherence to health-promoting behaviors
Other Names:
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| No Intervention: Bingo Only Participants use the Bingocize app to play bingo only. |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Changes in Executive Function - Inhibition Measure 1 [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Flanker Task
- Changes in Executive Function - Updating [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Dot Counting Task
- Changes in Executive Function - Shifting [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Set Shifting Task
- Changes in Executive Function - Fluency [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Phonemic and Category Fluency Tasks
- Change in lower-body muscular strength [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
30-second chair stands
- Change in dynamic balance [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
360 degree turns & Timed Up-And-Go
- Changes in Executive Function - Inhibition Measure 2 [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Continuous Performance Task
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Changes in Knowledge of Fall Risks and Proper Diet/Nutrition [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Multiple-choice questions covering: recognition of health terms, weight management, proper diet, bone health, environmental fall risks, careful movement
- Changes in upper body muscular strength [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Grip strength tests
- Changes in Fall Efficacy [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Self-report scale assessing confidence in activities that may be perceived as having risk for falling
- Changes in Dietary Habits [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Dietary Screener Questionnaire (DSQ) assessing nutritional intake over past 30 days
- Changes in Quality of Life [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
CDC Health related quality of life measure
- Changes in Weight [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Weight calculated by scale measurement
- Changes in Blood Pressure [Baseline and 12 Weeks]
Blood pressure calculated by sphygmomanometer
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Normal or corrected normal vision
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Mobility (i.e., not wheelchair bound)
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English is native language
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Minimum physical standards (e.g., ability to walk at least 10 meters)
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No structured physical activity programs >150 minutes/week in last 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
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Severe neurological impairments (e.g., Parkinson's)
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Colorblindness
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Dementia
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Webster County Senior Center | Dixon | Kentucky | United States | 42409 |
| 2 | Chester County Senior Center | Henderson | Tennessee | United States | 38340 |
| 3 | Johnson County Senior Center | Johnson City | Tennessee | United States | 37601 |
| 4 | Scotts Hill Senior Center | Scotts Hill | Tennessee | United States | 38374 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Western Kentucky University
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Matthew C Shake, PhD, Western Kentucky University and Center for Applied Science in Health and Aging
- Principal Investigator: Jason Crandall, PhD, Western Kentucky University and Center for Applied Science in Health and Aging
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Additional Information:
Publications
None provided.- IRB 18-048
- R15AG055906