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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| R01AG064092 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| National Institute on Aging (NIA) | NIH |
| M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | OTHER |
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This study will test the effects of a social media game on the physical activity of older adult women. The game will consist of playful weekly challenges that require sharing photographs on a private social media group and also wearing an activity monitor to track steps. Participants will be randomized to this game group or to receive the activity monitor only.
Older adult women are at risk for negative health impacts of physical inactivity, but current strategies to increase their activity have had disappointing long-term results. The intervention tested in this study seeks to test an innovative intervention that targets older womens' perceptions of enjoyment and their personal identity and values. The investigators will test the efficacy of a 12-month social media-based physical activity intervention for sedentary older adult women. Participants will be randomized to receive a standard Fitbit-only intervention or to an enhanced Fitbit + weekly social challenges intervention. The investigators hypothesize that participants in the enhanced intervention will demonstrate greater increases in autonomous regulation and objectively-measured steps as compared to those in the standard intervention. The investigators will also measure outcomes after a 6 month maintenance period (18 months after beginning the intervention). Additional outcomes will include engagement with the social network and self-reported playful experiences.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Social media game | Experimental | Private Facebook group with weekly walking challenges, Fitbit wearable activity monitor, and brief counseling |
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| Standard self-regulation | Active Comparator | Fitbit wearable activity monitor and brief counseling |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Social media game | Behavioral | Participants will engage in weekly challenges that require them to take photographs of interesting things they discover during their walks. They will post and discuss these photographs with other participants on a private social media page. They will track their steps using a wearable activity monitor and receive brief standard self-regulatory counseling. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Walking physical activity as measured by daily steps at 12 months | Mean of daily steps taken from accelerometers worn for a 7 day period | Baseline to 12 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Walking physical activity as measured by daily steps at 6 months | Mean of daily steps taken from accelerometers worn for a 7 day period | Baseline to 6 months |
| Walking physical activity as measured by daily steps at 18 months |
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| Exercise identity | Perceptions of exercise identity on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) on the Exercise Identity Scale | Baseline to 6 months |
| Engaged living | Perceptions of value-based living on a scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree) on the Engaged Living Questionnaire |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Participants must self-report as women
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Elizabeth Lyons, PhD, MPH | University of Texas | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The University of Texas Medical Branch | Galveston | Texas | 77550 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 39135010 | Derived | Robertson MC, Swartz MC, Basen-Engquist KM, Li Y, Jennings K, Thompson D, Baranowski T, Volpi E, Lyons EJ. A social media game to increase physical activity among older adult women: protocol of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate CHALLENGE. BMC Public Health. 2024 Aug 12;24(1):2172. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19662-9. |
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The investigators will provide access to all data, regardless of publication, collected as a part of this project. All external investigators must submit a written request identifying their research question(s) and specifying the data they would like to analyze. The request must include a data security plan and explanation of how the data will be stored and who will have access. All requests will be reviewed by the investigators in conjunction with UTMB's Institute for Translational Sciences key resources (in particular, the regulatory and ethics resources) to be sure appropriate NIH requirements are followed.
Data will only be available upon request
All external investigators must submit a written request identifying their research question(s) and specifying the data they would like to analyze. The request must include a data security plan and explanation of how the data will be stored and who will have access. All requests will be reviewed by the investigators in conjunction with UTMB's Institute for Translational Sciences key resources (in particular, the regulatory and ethics resources) to be sure appropriate NIH requirements are followed.
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| ID | Term |
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| D009043 | Motor Activity |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Standard self-regulation | Behavioral | Participants will track their steps using a wearable activity monitor and receive brief standard self-regulatory counseling. |
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Mean of daily steps taken from accelerometers worn for a 7 day period
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| Intrinsic regulation | Self-reported intrinsic regulation on a scale from 0 (least motivated) to 4 (most motivated) using the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire - 3 | Baseline to 6 months |
| Integrated regulation | Self-reported integrated regulation on a scale from 0 (least motivated) to 4 (most motivated) using the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire - 3 | Baseline to 6 months |
| Autonomous regulation | Composite of subscales for intrinsic, integrated, and identified regulation as measured on a scale from 0 (least motivated) to 4 (most motivated) using the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire - 3 | Baseline to 6 months |
| Basic psychological needs | Perceptions of autonomy, competence, and relatedness on a scale from 1 (don't agree) to 5 (completely agree) using the Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale | Baseline to 6 months |
| Physical activity as measured by minutes of moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity at 6 months | Mean daily minutes of moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity taken from accelerometers for a 7 day period | Baseline to 6 months |
| Physical activity as measured by minutes of moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity at 12 months | Mean daily minutes of moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity taken from accelerometers for a 7 day period | Baseline to 12 months |
| Physical activity as measured by minutes of moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity at 18 months | Mean daily minutes of moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity taken from accelerometers for a 7 day period | Baseline to 18 months |
| Baseline to 6 months |
| Playful experiences | Self-reported playful experiences during play of the game on a scale of 1 (totally disagree) to 5 (totally agree) using the Playful Experiences Questionnaire | Baseline to 6 months |
| Usability | Self-reported usability of the social media group on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) using the System Usability Scale | Baseline to 6 months |
| Acceptability of walking challenge game | Self-reported acceptability of challenges on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) | Baseline to 6 months |
| Engagement in the social media group | Objectively measured number of posts, comments, and reactions in the Facebook group | Baseline to 12 months |
| Days the activity monitor was worn | Objectively measured days the wearable activity monitor was worn during the intervention period | Baseline to 12 months |
| Enjoyment of each weekly challenge | Self-reported enjoyment measured via weekly text message inquiring as to enjoyment on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) | Baseline to 12 months |