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NCT Number: NCT06202482

Enhance Physical Activity and Intergenerational Relationship Via Connect Active Program (CAP): a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

This study investigates how walking exercises and technology could enhance the quality of life in the older generation. It has three objectives: 1) To examine the effectiveness of the Connect Active Program (CAP) in improving intergenerational relationships, psychological well-being, and physical fitness for older adults; 2) To teach older adults to use mobile apps; 3) To examine the experiences and feedback from participants in using the apps and joining the CAP. This research will provide long-term insights into improving the overall health outcomes of older adults via intergenerational support and increasing the acceptance of mobile technology among older adults.

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Key information

Conditions

Elderly Behavior Physical Inactivity Sedentary Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Kowloon, Hong Kong

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Younger Adults/Participants:
  • Aged 18 to 30
  • Related to the older adult participant (i.e. family member, relatives)
  • Able to understand Cantonese
  • Own a smartphone and have access to the Internet
  • Able to take part in walking exercise and stretching program
  • Older Adults/Participants:
  • Aged 60 or above
  • Able to understand Cantonese
  • Own a smartphone and have access to the Internet
  • Capable to participate in walking exercise and stretching program

Exclusion criteria

  • Older Adults/Participants and Younger Adults/Participants:
  • Diagnosed with a mental disorder by neurologists or psychiatrists
  • With a history of drug addiction

Treatment and study plan

Connect Active Program

Other

Younger adults will help older adults increase their digital literacy, skills, and desire to exercise and become more physically active via the proposed intervention. The Connect Active Program will consist of two components: walking exercises and mobile apps.

Primary outcomes

  1. Aerobic Capacity and Endurance Evaluation with 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 6

    It is initially created to assist in the examination of cardiopulmonary patients developed by the American Thoracic Society. It is a light-intensity exercise test to evaluate the aerobic capacity, endurance and oxygen saturation.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mobility and Balance Assessment with Time Up and Go Test

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 6

    To assess mobility, movement, static balance and dynamic in people with musculoskeletal impairments, conditions related to aging, quality of life, and pain. The instructions are given as standing up from a chair, walking 3 meters, turning, and back to sit.

  2. Quality of Life Measurement

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 6

    Quality of life will be evaluated utilizing the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). It contains four realms: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment. A 5-point response scale is used in the scale. WHOQOL-BREF has good validity and reliability.

  3. Happiness Level Determination

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 6

    A 29-item measure of happiness; from 1 "strongly agree," to 6, "strongly disagree." The scale's reliability was 0.91.

  4. Intergenerational Relationship Appraisal

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 6

    The intergenerational relationship quality scale (IRQS) to appraise the changes in intergenerational relationships, this questionnaire will allow the older participants to self-rate the relationship between the two generations. A 5-point response scale is applied in the scale.

  5. Subjective Quality Assessment of Mobile Apps

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 6

    The 4-item subjective quality subscale of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) will be deployed to assess the overall quality of mobile apps involved in this study. MARS incorporates four objective quality subscales (engagement, functionality, aesthetics, and information quality) and one subjective quality subscale. Since a lengthy questionnaire would be complicated for the older participants to complete, we will only adopt the subjective quality subscale. All four items are assessed on a 5-point scale. The subjective quality subscale showed excellent internal consistency (alpha = 0.93) and interrater reliability intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC = 0.83). Higher scores indicate a higher level of subjective quality.

  6. Participant Feedback Collection

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 6

    Semi-structured interview for older and younger participants: Individual interviews will be carried out by the Research Assistant upon completion of the CAP (post-test). They will be asked to comment on the perceived benefits, limitations and barriers in the program and the mobile apps, usefulness of the mobile apps, and recommendations for improving the CAP to meet their needs. Details of the questionnaire.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jan 11, 2024
Registry last updated
Sep 19, 2024

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