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NCT Number: NCT02947230

Evaluating the Impact of the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal on Physical Mobility Outcomes

The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (the Portal) was launched in 2014 to increase public access to trustworthy health information. The Portal helps readers to access evidence-based resources; identify trustworthy messages; and understand scientific findings. Now the investigators want to know whether using the Portal changes what people know and do to stay healthy and mobile.

This project will help us to:

1. Understand how middle aged and older adults (age 40+) use the Portal to obtain information about maintaining and improving mobility 2. Evaluate whether use of the Portal results in a change in knowledge about maintaining and improving mobility, or change in lifestyle behaviours that may help maintain or improve mobility with age.

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Key information

Conditions

Mobility Limitation Behavior Motor Activity Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

40 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, L8P0A1, Canada

About this study

Physically active lifestyles are important for health aging, but most Canadians do not meet published physical activity guidelines. This may be in part due to lack of access to evidence-based information on mobility and aging, and knowledge of strategies to maintain or improve mobility with age. The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (the Portal) was launched in 2014 to increase public access to trustworthy health information. Now the investigators want to know if easy-to-understand evidence-based messages change what people know and do to stay healthy and mobile.

Sequential, explanatory mixed-methods design consisting of a two-armed randomized controlled trial and a qualitative process study to explore quantitative findings in depth.

Consent forms and a baseline survey will be sent to all interested participants. Following baseline data collection, participants will be stratified by previous Portal use, and randomized to the Knowledge Translation (KT) intervention or control group. During the 12-week KT intervention, intervention group participants will have access to the Portal and will receive mobility- focused weekly email alerts including blog posts and evidence summaries relevant to mobility and be invited to follow a Twitter and Facebook feed; a unique hashtag will be created to identify and collate relevant mobility information. Control group participants will be able to access the Portal in a 'self-serve' fashion, but will not receive targeted KT strategies.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • English-speaking

Exclusion criteria

  • None

Treatment and study plan

Tailored Knowledge Translation

Other

Tailored knowledge translation strategies specific to maintaining and increasing physical mobility with age.

Primary outcomes

  1. Website analytics

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Understanding participant engagement with the Portal and knowledge translation strategies

  2. Email analytics

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Understanding participant engagement with the Portal and knowledge translation strategies

  3. Google analytics

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Understanding participant engagement with the Portal and knowledge translation strategies

Secondary outcomes

  1. Knowledge Questionnaire

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 3 months post-intervention

    Participants knowledge of mobility recommendations and guidelines

  2. Beliefs Questionnaire

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 3 months post-intervention

    Participants beliefs about the importance of maintaining and improving mobility for health

  3. Intentions Questionnaire

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 3 months post-intervention

    Participants intentions to engage in lifestyle behaviours related to maintaining or improving mobility

  4. Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 3 months post-intervention

    To quantify self-reported physical activity

  5. Manty Preclinical Mobility Disability Scale

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 3 months post-intervention

    Mobility limitation

Other outcomes

  1. Participant satisfaction

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Collected using qualitative interviews

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

McMaster University

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Registry information

Official study title

Evaluating the Impact of the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal on Knowledge, Behavioural Intentions and Health Behaviours Related to Physical Mobility

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2018
First posted
Oct 27, 2016
Registry last updated
Feb 21, 2020

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