Pilot Evaluation of an Interactive Health Game

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Behavior; Health Attitude
• Interventions: Behavioral: Healthy eating workshop; Behavioral: Healthy eating workshop and interactive health game

• Registration Number: NCT03444129
• Lead Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago

Brief Summary

Broad, diverse, and innovative efforts are needed to address the growing dual public health challenges of obesity and diabetes, especially for those at increased risk like minority older adults. The emerging field of health games offers an innovative opportunity to reach populations to provide healthy eating and physical activity messages. Little research has focused on the use of health games specifically tailored for older adults. This study builds upon a health game designed to provide knowledge, facilitate movement, enhance motivation, and encourage healthy eating (HE) and physical activity (PA) behaviors in youth. This study will adapt, implement, and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, adherence, and preliminary outcomes of the game among overweight/obese African American older adults.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-11-15
• Study Start: 2018-01-20
• Status Verified: 2018-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-02-21
• Study First Posted: 2018-02-23
• Primary Completion: 2018-03-10
• Study Completion: 2018-05-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-14
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Age between 50 and 65 years
• Overweight or obese (25kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 40kg/m2)
• African American/Black by self-report
• Risk factors for diabetes (based on adapted ADA risk test)

Exclusion Criteria

• Adults with cognitive impairments, based on the adapted Mental Status Questionnaire (MSQ).
• Health conditions that preclude participation in physical activity program, based on the Exercise Assessment and Screener for You (EASY) physical activity screener.
• Already diagnosed with diabetes by self-report
• Currently engaging in vigorous physical activity
• Non-English speaking
• Does not meet inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Healthy eating workshop	This group will participate in a health education workshop with weekly sessions (control group)
Game	Healthy eating workshop and interactive health game	This group will participate in the health education workshop plus the interactive health game (intervention group).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Eating habits	6 weeks	Eating habits will be assessed using the Visually-Enhanced Food Behavior Checklist.
Physical activity patterns	6 weeks	Physical activity patterns will be assessed using the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).
Motivation	6 weeks	Behavioral motivation questions will include Stage of change and confidence items to assess motivation (i.e., readiness) or achievement of behavioral goals.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
MPP Acceptability Survey	6 weeks	This survey is about the participants experiences using MyPlatePicks (MPP) game
Weight	6 weeks	Weight will be measured using a digital scale
Adherence	6 weeks	Adherence will be measured by a count of the sessions attended.
Short International Physical Activity Questionnaire	6 weeks	Acceptability will be measured using this survey
MPP stages of change survey	6 week s	acceptability will be measured using this survey

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Illinois at Chicago; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States