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NCT Number: NCT05635695

Cultural Pathways to Develop Sustainable Health

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 includes the goal 3 "Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages". One of the essential axes is to promote primary prevention in order to avoid the emergence of diseases and the treatments use with a high environmental impact. Physical activity (PA) is a means of primary prevention known to be very effective in the fight against chronic diseases.

Despite the recommendations on PA, a high number of people are sedentary and in particular in older persons. The main barriers are accessibility and lack of motivation for traditional PA. The investigators believe that the development of cultural pathways could be an excellent way to improve people's health.

The objective of this study is to assess the effects of cultural pathways on the physical abilities, well-being and sustainable health knowledge of sedentary people over 50 years old. This intervention will be compared to a control group visiting a museum freely. The hypothesis is that cultural pathways including games induce enough steps to be considered an effective activity to fight sedentary lifestyle. The number of steps should be higher than the control group. Fatigue, stress and well-being should be improved after the visit as well as sustainable health knowledge.

All the tests will be carried out during the same day by experienced physiotherapists. Physical and well-being tests will be performed before and after the intervention or control. The number of steps taken during the cultural activity will be measured.

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Key information

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior Alzheimer Disease Behavior Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Dementia Mental Disorders Motor Activity Nervous System Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders Neurodegenerative Diseases Tauopathies

Age range

50 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Geneva School of Health Sciences

Geneva, Switzerland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age > 50 years
  • Sedentary condition (<150 minutes of physical activity per week)
  • Medical stability
  • Walking independently with or without assistance
  • Ability to understand the instructions

Exclusion criteria

  • Refusal to participate;
  • Person with other conditions affecting independent walking;
  • Contraindications to prolonged standing;
  • Concomitant pathologies that may interfere with the results;
  • Inability to follow the study procedure (cognitive disorders, dementia, psychological disorders, language problems...).

Treatment and study plan

Free Museum visit

Other

People are tested when they arrive at the museum. Then, they freely visit the different rooms for 45 to 75 minutes. No instructions are given.

Cultural pathways App

Other

Cultural pathways in the park of the museum will be proposed to people with a smartphone application that will give directions, cultural and sustainable health contents, points of interest with games and specific information about the pathways (distance, noise level, walkability, practical information). There will be two possible levels: contemplative or active.

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of steps during cultural activity in the 2 groups (free visit vs.cultural pathways)

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    An activity tracker on the visitor's wrist will measure the number of steps taken while visiting the museum free or with app. Parameter: number of steps.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline (pre-visit): fatigue in the 2 groups (free visit vs.cultural pathways)

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The fatigue will be tested with the Numeric Rating Scale. Parameter: 10-points score (1 = no fatigue, 10 = maximal fatigue).

  2. Change from baseline (pre-visit): stress in the 2 groups (free visit vs.cultural pathways)

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The stress will be tested with the Numeric Rating Scale. Parameter: 10-points score (1 = no stress, 10 = maximal stress).

  3. Change from baseline (pre-visit): pain in the 2 groups (free visit vs.cultural pathways)

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The pain will be tested with the Numeric Rating Scale. Parameter: 10-points score (1 = no pain, 10 = maximal pain).

  4. Change from baseline (pre-visit): perceived balance in the 2 groups (free visit vs.cultural pathways)

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The perceived balance will be tested with a 5-points scale (1 = poor balance ; 5 = excellent balance)

  5. Change from baseline (pre-visit): survey about "sustainable health knowledge" (questionnaire en santé durable in french - QSDFr) in the 2 groups (free visit vs.cultural pathways)

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The QSDFr will be tested with 8 questions. For each question a score from 0 to 2 will be given (0 = wrong answer, 1 = partial answer, 2 = right answer). The maximal score = 16 points and minimal = 0 points.

  6. Change from baseline (pre-visit): Activities-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC-scale short version) (only intervention group)

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    6-item self-report measure in which individuals rate their balance confidence for performing activities. Items are rated on a rating scale that ranges from 0 (no balance confidence) - 100 (complete balance confidence). Overall score is calculated by adding item scores and then dividing by the total number of items.

  7. Change from baseline (pre-visit): Postural control (only intervention group) center of pressure displacement

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The standing balance will be tested in bipedal with forceplate. Parameters: center of pressure displacement (mm).

  8. Change from baseline (pre-visit): Postural control (only intervention group) center of pressure velocity

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The standing balance will be tested in bipedal with forceplate. Parameters: center of pressure velocity (mm/s).

  9. Change from baseline (pre-visit): Postural control (only intervention group) center of pressure sway area

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The standing balance will be tested in bipedal with forceplate. Parameters: center of pressure sway area (mm2).

  10. Change from baseline (pre-visit): gait speed and dual task (only intervention group)

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The gait speed will be tested with the Ten-meter walking test in normal walking, fast walking and in dual-task. Parameter: gait speed (m/s)

  11. Change from baseline (pre-visit): museum well-being measures (only intervention group)

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The well-being will be tested with the museum well-being survey. A generic well-being questionnaire will be used with 12-item version. Each statement is rated out of five depending on the extent of agreement with it (1 = None of the time; 2 = Not very often; 3 = Some of the time; 4 = Very often; 5 = All of the time). The maximal score is 60 points (excellent well-being) and minimal score 12 points (poor well-being).

  12. Change from baseline (pre-visit): museum well-being umbrella measures (only intervention group)

    Time frame: 75 minutes

    The well-being will be tested with the museum well-being umbrella: positive well-being umbrella and negative well-being umbrella. Each of the six sections has a word next to it related to a well-being mood or emotion and numbers from one (I don't feel) to five (I feel extremely). Participants are required to rate the extent they feel the well-being word at that moment in time by circling the appropriate number, following the instructions provided. For both umbrella, maximal score = 30, minimal score = 6.

  13. Safety endpoint: pain (Numeric Rating Scale)

    Time frame: 3 hours

    The safety endpoint will be tested with the pain (Numeric Rating Scale). Parameter: 10-points score (1 = no pain, 10 = maximal pain).

  14. Safety endpoint: fatigue (Numeric Rating Scale)

    Time frame: 3 hours

    The safety endpoint will be tested with the fatigue (Numeric Rating Scale). Parameter: 10-points score (1 = no fatigue, 10 = maximal fatigue).

  15. Safety endpoint: number of subjects who completed the cultural activity and tests.

    Time frame: 3 hours

    The number of subjects who completed the cultural activity and tests will be reported.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

School of Health Sciences Geneva

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Registry information

Official study title

Assessment of Cultural Pathways in the City Developed on a Smartphone Application on Physical Abilities, Well-being and Sustainable Health Knowledge

Acronym: ART'M2-APP

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Dec 2, 2022
Registry last updated
May 16, 2024

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