Physical Activity and Social Engagement for Persons With Disabilities in an Underserved Community

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aging; Chronic Conditions, Multiple; Disability Physical

Treatments: Behavioral: Get Active with Virtual Reality (VR); Behavioral: Lakeshore Online Fitness (Online)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05247242

IRB - 300008762

IRB-300008762 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Using a community-based participatory approach, this project aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of two technology-driven group activity programs on socioemotional health and physical activity in a local underserved community, Tarrant, Alabama. Participants will complete two six-week programs, specifically Lakeshore Online Fitness (Online) and Get Active with Virtual Reality (VR).

Full description

This project will utilize a cross-over randomized design where participants will initially be randomized into either the Online or VR intervention group. After completing the initial six weeks of the assigned intervention, participants will cross over and complete six weeks of the other intervention. No washout period is included due to several reasons, including no known washout period for certain socioemotional outcomes have been established by prior literature, ethical concerns in requiring return to baseline levels during washout, and a prolonged washout period would negatively impact participant adherence and retention to the study. Psychosocial metrics will be collected at the end of each activity session through surveys.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Resident of Tarrant, Alabama
• 18 years or older with a physical disability or chronic health condition or older than 60 years
• Fluent in English

Exclusion criteria

• Visual impairment that interferes with television viewing

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 2 patient groups

Tarrant Community Fitness Program: LOF-VR

Experimental group

Description:

LOF-VR

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lakeshore Online Fitness (Online)

Behavioral: Get Active with Virtual Reality (VR)

Tarrant Community Fitness Program: VR-LOF

Experimental group

Description:

VR-LOF

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lakeshore Online Fitness (Online)

Behavioral: Get Active with Virtual Reality (VR)