PlayFit Pilot: Encouraging Social Physical Play in the Community
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Overweight and Obesity
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 8
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Compare exercise intensity, METS (Metabolic Equivalent Task)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The investigator is pilot testing the feasibility and impact of a low-cost intervention that uses existing gymnasiums, and therefore has the potential to be replicated across the United States. The intervention, PlayFit, is designed for adults aged 21-50. PlayFit has five key components, intended to overcome the major barriers to physical activity. First, it will assist people in finding others to play with, using the Pick-Up model of designating times to play and making those times known in the community. Second, it will overcome a lack of confidence in physical activity by including games of lower intensity for relatively unfit adults, then building up to moderate and vigorous games. Third, it will require team members of varying ages and genders to encourage intergenerational play. Fourth, it will use modified equipment (e.g., softer, lighter balls) and smaller game space to require less running, so that even relatively unfit people can feel confident participating. Fifth, it will be designed to be led by community volunteers, which will increase its disseminability.
AIM - Understand the optimum design for PlayFit. To meet this aim, the investigators will come up with a list of games to play and pilot the games at a gymnasium. The investigators will observe the participants playing the games and have them complete a brief survey.
Investigators
Christopher Sciamanna, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Division Chief of Population Health, Research and Development
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age 21-50
- •Fluently read and speak English
- •Current member of Hershey Medical Center's University Fitness Center OR willing to become a member
- •Currently exercises \< 150 minutes per week
Exclusion Criteria
- •Has been told by a doctor they a heart condition and should only do exercise recommended by a doctor
- •Currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months
- •Planning to move out of the area in the next 6 months
- •Has pain in chest, neck, jaw, or arms at rest, during daily activities of living
- •Has experienced a forceful or rapid heart rate
- •Has experience unreasonable breathlessness
- •Has experienced dizziness fainting or blackouts
- •Has experienced ankle swelling
- •Has burning or cramping sensation in lower legs when walking short distances
- •Has been told by a health professional not to exercise OR exercise only when supervised by a professional
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Compare exercise intensity, METS (Metabolic Equivalent Task)
Time Frame: 12 weeks
METS will be measured during each exercise session using an accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X).
Secondary Outcomes
- Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMIS) - Anxiety(12 weeks)
- Ethnicity(12 weeks)
- Race(12 weeks)
- Education Level(12 weeks)
- Self-reported height(12 weeks)
- Employment Status(12 weeks)
- Tobacco Use(12 weeks)
- Gender(12 weeks)
- Self-reported chronic conditions(12 weeks)
- National Health Interview Survey(12 weeks)
- Three Item Loneliness Scale(12 weeks)
- Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMIS) - Depression(12 weeks)
- Program Intensity Survey(12 weeks)
- Self-reported weight(12 weeks)
- General Self Rated Health(12 weeks)
- Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMIS) - Physical Function(12 weeks)
- Sport playing status(12 weeks)
- Net Promoter Score(12 weeks)
- Program Satisfaction Survey(12 weeks)