Bingocize: A Novel Mobile Application for Older Adult Health
- Conditions
- SarcopeniaDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Accidental FallCognitive DeclineHypertensionCognitive AgingActivities of Daily LivingArteriosclerosisExecutive Function
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults
- Registration Number
- NCT03629912
- Lead Sponsor
- Western Kentucky University
- 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.
- 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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 241
- Normal or corrected normal vision
- Mobility (i.e., not wheelchair bound)
- English is native language
- Minimum physical standards (e.g., ability to walk at least 10 meters)
- No structured physical activity programs >150 minutes/week in last 6 months
- Severe neurological impairments (e.g., Parkinson's)
- Colorblindness
- Dementia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Exercise + Bingo Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults. Participants use the Bingocize app incorporating exercises ONLY. Exercise + Health Education + Bingo Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults. Participants use the Bingocize app incorporating exercises AND health information on fall risks + diet/nutrition. Health Education + Bingo Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults. Participants use the Bingocize app incorporating health information on fall risks + diet/nutrition ONLY.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Executive Function Measure: Updating Verbal Working Memory Baseline and 12 Weeks Dot Counting Task designed to measure verbal working memory, part of the EXAMINER Battery (for scoring method, see References). EXAMINER generates a score is the total number of items correctly recalled across all six trials.
Minimum=0, Maximum=27, higher = better.Executive Function Measure: Verbal Fluency Baseline and 12 Weeks Verbal Fluency Task designed to measure fluency, part of the EXAMINER Battery (for scoring method, see References). EXAMINER generates a score that represents the total number of words correctly recalled in two tasks: phonemic (letter) and semantic (category).
Minimum=0, Maximum=unlimited, higher = better.Executive Function Measure of Inhibition: Continuous Performance Test Baseline and 12 Weeks Continuance Performance Task is classic response inhibition task, part of the EXAMINER Battery (for scoring method, see References). The score here represents the number of trials out of 100 that the participant responded correctly (i.e., either successfully responded or successfully inhibited a response).
Minimum=0 Maximum=100, higher = better.Chair Stands: Change in Lower-body Muscular Strength Baseline and 12 Weeks number of completed chair stands in 30 seconds, minimum=0, higher = better
Executive Function Measure: Set Shifting Task Baseline and 12 Weeks Set Shifting Task designed to measure attention during task switching, part of the EXAMINER Battery (for scoring method, see References). EXAMINER generates a score that combines reaction time and accuracy data from the incongruent trials. This scoring method generates accuracy and reaction time sub-scales that range in value between 0 and 5, and the ultimate composite score ranges in value between 0 and 10.
Minimum=0, Maximum=10, higher = better.Executive Function Inhibition Measure 1: Flanker Task Baseline and 12 Weeks Flanker Task designed to measure inhibition, part of the EXAMINER Battery (for scoring method, see References section). EXAMINER generates a score that combines reaction time and accuracy data from the incongruent trials. This scoring method generates accuracy and reaction time sub-scales that range in value between 0 and 5, and the ultimate composite score ranges in value between 0 and 10.
Minimum=0, Maximum=10, higher = better.Change in Dynamic Balance: 360 Degree Turns Baseline and 12 Weeks 360 degree turns: time to complete. No minimum or maximum value set. Lower = better.
Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test: Change in Dynamic Balance Baseline and 12 Weeks Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test used to assess mobility and risk for falling. Number of seconds needed to stand up from a chair, walk 10 feet, turn around, walk back 10 feet, and sit back down in chair. No minimum or maximum value is set. Lower = better.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in Dietary Habits: Total Added Sugar Intake Baseline and 12 Weeks Dietary Screener Questionnaire (DSQ) assessing total added sugar intake over past 30 days
Diastolic Blood Pressure Baseline and 12 Weeks Diastolic Blood pressure calculated by sphygmomanometer
Crystallized Knowledge of Fall Risks and Proper Diet/Nutrition Baseline and 12 Weeks Multiple-choice questions constructed by project investigators that cover: recognition of health terms, weight management, proper diet, bone health, environmental fall risks, careful movement. Unit of measure = number correct. Minimum = 0, Maximum = 30. Higher = better.
Grip Strength: Changes in Upper Body Muscular Strength Baseline and 12 Weeks Grip strength tests using a hand-held dynamometer. No minimum or maximum set. Higher = better.
Fall Efficacy Scale Baseline and 12 Weeks Self-reported scale assessing confidence in doing activities that may be perceived as having risk for falling (see References).
Minimum = 10, Maximum = 100. Lower = better.Changes in Quality of Life Baseline and 12 Weeks CDC Health related quality of life measure item 1 (general health). 1 = Excellent, 5 = Poor. Lower = Better.
Changes in Weight Baseline and 12 Weeks Weight calculated by scale measurement
Systolic Blood Pressure Baseline and 12 Weeks Systolic Blood pressure calculated by sphygmomanometer.
Trial Locations
- Locations (4)
Webster County Senior Center
🇺🇸Dixon, Kentucky, United States
Chester County Senior Center
🇺🇸Henderson, Tennessee, United States
Scotts Hill Senior Center
🇺🇸Scotts Hill, Tennessee, United States
Johnson County Senior Center
🇺🇸Johnson City, Tennessee, United States