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NCT Number: NCT03629912

Bingocize: A Novel Mobile Application for Older Adult Health

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.

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Conditions

Activities of Daily Living Accidental Fall Arterial Occlusive Diseases Arteriosclerosis Atrophy Cardiovascular Diseases Cognition Disorders Cognitive Aging Cognitive Decline Cognitive Dysfunction Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Endocrine System Diseases Executive Function Glucose Metabolism Disorders Hypertension Mental Disorders Metabolic Diseases Muscular Atrophy Nervous System Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Neuromuscular Manifestations Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Pathological Conditions, Anatomical Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Sarcopenia Signs and Symptoms Vascular Diseases

Age range

60 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Webster County Senior Center, Dixon, Kentucky, United States

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About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 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

Exclusion criteria

  • Severe neurological impairments (e.g., Parkinson's)
  • Colorblindness
  • Dementia

Treatment and study plan

Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults

Behavioral

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: Bingocize

Primary outcomes

  1. Executive Function Inhibition Measure 1: Flanker Task

    Time frame: 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.

  2. Executive Function Measure: Updating Verbal Working Memory

    Time frame: 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.

  3. Executive Function Measure: Set Shifting Task

    Time frame: 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.

  4. Executive Function Measure: Verbal Fluency

    Time frame: 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.

  5. Chair Stands: Change in Lower-body Muscular Strength

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 Weeks

    number of completed chair stands in 30 seconds, minimum=0, higher = better

  6. Change in Dynamic Balance: 360 Degree Turns

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 Weeks

    360 degree turns: time to complete. No minimum or maximum value set. Lower = better.

  7. Executive Function Measure of Inhibition: Continuous Performance Test

    Time frame: 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.

  8. Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test: Change in Dynamic Balance

    Time frame: 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 outcomes

  1. Crystallized Knowledge of Fall Risks and Proper Diet/Nutrition

    Time frame: 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.

  2. Grip Strength: Changes in Upper Body Muscular Strength

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 Weeks

    Grip strength tests using a hand-held dynamometer. No minimum or maximum set. Higher = better.

  3. Fall Efficacy Scale

    Time frame: 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.

  4. Changes in Dietary Habits: Total Added Sugar Intake

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 Weeks

    Dietary Screener Questionnaire (DSQ) assessing total added sugar intake over past 30 days

  5. Changes in Quality of Life

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 Weeks

    CDC Health related quality of life measure item 1 (general health). 1 = Excellent, 5 = Poor. Lower = Better.

  6. Changes in Weight

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 Weeks

    Weight calculated by scale measurement

  7. Systolic Blood Pressure

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 Weeks

    Systolic Blood pressure calculated by sphygmomanometer.

  8. Diastolic Blood Pressure

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 Weeks

    Diastolic Blood pressure calculated by sphygmomanometer

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Western Kentucky University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Registry information

Official study title

Bingocize: A Novel Mobile Application to Help Maintain or Improve Older Adults' Health, Function, and Cognition

Acronym: Bingocize

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Aug 14, 2018
Registry last updated
Mar 12, 2024

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