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NCT Number: NCT02129023

The Impact of Exergame on User Health

The purpose of this study is to examine whether exergame use can improve user health, in terms of physical fitness, self-rated mental health and physical health, and favorable attitude, strong intention, and actual behavior of future exercise. Moreover, this study also examines whether past exercise moderates the impact of exergame use on user health.

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Key information

Conditions

Impact of Exergame Use on User Health Behavior Motor Activity

Age range

20 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chang Gung University

Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan

About this study

The main hypotheses are:

H1: Compared with the control group participants (who do not use exergame) the experimental group participants (who use exergame) have better change in physical fitness. The difference between these two groups in the amount of change is negatively related to past exercise.

H2: Compared with the control group participants (who do not use exergame) the experimental group participants (who use exergame) have better change in (a) mental health and (b) physical health after the intervention. The difference between these two groups in the amount of change is negatively related to past exercise.

H3: Compared with the control group participants (who do not use exergame) the experimental group participants (who use exergame) have better change in (a) attitude, (b) intention and (c) behavior of doing another exercise in the future. The difference between these two groups in the amount of change is negatively related to past exercise.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • junior and senior undergraduate student
  • senior graduate student

Exclusion criteria

  • asthma
  • high myopia
  • anemia
  • vertigo
  • cardiopathy
  • hypertension
  • unstable of intracranial pressure and blood pressure
  • cardiac arrhythmia
  • heart failure
  • angor pectoris
  • injury of vertebra
  • ankylosing spondylitis
  • hereditary cardiac arrhythmia
  • musculoskeletal system injury
  • glaucoma
  • psychiatric disorders

Treatment and study plan

Xbox 360

Device

For each participant in the experimental arm, two Xbox 360 exercise items were randomly selected from the nine items, which are related to user health. Each participant takes the two exercise items in turn.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in physical fitness

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 12 weeks

    Physical fitness was assessed twice by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, including body composition, cardio-pulmonary function, muscular strength, muscular endurance, explosive force, flexibility, agility, sense of balance, and cardiorespiratory endurance.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in mental and physical health (12 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 12 weeks

    Self-rated mental and physical health, using the SF-36 scale.

  2. Change in attitude of future exercise (12 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 12 weeks

    Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' attitude toward future exercise between an expected average of 12 weeks since randomization.

  3. Change in intention of future exercise (12 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 12 weeks

    Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' intention to do exercise in the future between an expected average of 12 weeks since randomization.

  4. Change in behavior of future exercise (12 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 12 weeks

    Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' actual exercise behavior between an expected average of 12 weeks since randomization.

  5. Change in mental and physical health (8 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 8 weeks

    Self-rated mental and physical health, using the SF-36 scale.

  6. Change in attitude of future exercise (8 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 8 weeks

    Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' attitude toward future exercise between an expected average of 8 weeks since randomization.

  7. Change in intention of future exercise (8 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 8 weeks

    Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' intention to do exercise in the future between an expected average of 8 weeks since randomization.

  8. Change in behavior of future exercise (8 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 8 weeks

    Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' actual exercise behavior between an expected average of 8 weeks since randomization.

  9. Change in mental and physical health (4 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 4 weeks

    Self-rated mental and physical health, using the SF-36 scale.

  10. Change in attitude of future exercise (4 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 4 weeks

    Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' attitude toward future exercise between an expected average of 4 weeks since randomization.

  11. Change in intention of future exercise (4 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 4 weeks

    Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' intention to do exercise in the future between an expected average of 4 weeks since randomization.

  12. Change in behavior of future exercise (4 weeks)

    Time frame: The beginning and the end of expected average of 4 weeks

    Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' actual exercise behavior between an expected average of 4 weeks since randomization.

Other outcomes

  1. Perceived Challenge (beginning)

    Time frame: Beginning of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing perceived challenge

  2. Perceived Achievement (beginning)

    Time frame: Beginning of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing perceived achievement

  3. Continuance Intention (beginning)

    Time frame: Beginning of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing intention to continue to use the exergame

  4. Perceived Challenge (after 4 weeks)

    Time frame: After 4 weeks of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing perceived challenge

  5. Perceived Achievement (after 4 weeks)

    Time frame: After 4 weeks of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing perceived achievement

  6. Continuance Intention (after 4 weeks)

    Time frame: After 4 weeks of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing intention to continue to use the exergame

  7. Perceived Challenge (after 8 weeks)

    Time frame: After 8 weeks of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing perceived challenge

  8. Perceived Achievement (after 8 weeks)

    Time frame: After 8 weeks of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing perceived achievement

  9. Continuance Intention (after 8 weeks)

    Time frame: After 8 weeks of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing intention to continue to use the exergame

  10. Perceived Challenge (after 12 weeks)

    Time frame: After 12 weeks of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing perceived challenge

  11. Perceived Achievement (after 12 weeks)

    Time frame: After 12 weeks of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing perceived achievement

  12. Continuance Intention (after 12 weeks)

    Time frame: After 12 weeks of the participation in this study

    Evaluated using scales measuing intention to continue to use the exergame

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chang Gung University

Other

Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Exergame on User Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
May 1, 2014
Registry last updated
Feb 5, 2019

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