Family Exergaming: A Research Study Testing a Videogame Intervention to Increase Physical Activity for Families

MaineHealth

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Exergame (DDR)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00889122

3459

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if an interactive game (Dance Dance Revolution/DDR) can promote healthy physical activity for the health of all family members

Enrollment: 213 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages 9-17
• Overweight status (BMI of 85% and above)
• Willing to come to two (2 hour) visits to MMCRI for measurements and complete surveys
• Family participation

Exclusion criteria

• Serious heart condition
• Photo-sensitive seizures
• Previous extensive history using DDR

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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213 participants in 1 patient group

Lifestyle Counseling

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exergame (DDR)