Bingocize: A Novel Mobile Application for Older Adult Health

Western Kentucky University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension; Cognitive Aging; Cognitive Decline; Accidental Fall; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Arteriosclerosis; Activities of Daily Living; Sarcopenia; Executive Function

Treatments: Behavioral: Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03629912

IRB 18-048

R15AG055906 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 241 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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241 participants in 4 patient groups

Exercise + Health Education + Bingo

Experimental group

Description:

Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults. Participants use the Bingocize app incorporating exercises AND health information on fall risks + diet/nutrition.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults

Exercise + Bingo

Active Comparator group

Description:

Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults. Participants use the Bingocize app incorporating exercises ONLY.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults

Health Education + Bingo

Active Comparator group

Description:

Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults. Participants use the Bingocize app incorporating health information on fall risks + diet/nutrition ONLY.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Socially-Based Exercise Intervention for Older Adults

Bingo Only

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants use the Bingocize app to play bingo only.