Piloting a Healthy Aging Cohort in Manitoba (PACMan)

University of Manitoba

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Healthy Aging

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT06100224

HS25790 (H2022:393)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to set up and pilot baseline data collection for a prospective cohort designed to explore the relationships between medical fitness facility usage, lifestyle behaviours and health outcomes as individuals age. Additionally, this pilot study will set up the overall objectives for the larger, prospective cohort study using a public engagement participatory approach with public/patient partners involved in determining which healthy aging outcomes to include.

Full description

This project will cover the set-up, development, and user-testing of the baseline visit data collection in the first 20 participants. Data will be collected on physical activity, diet, sleep, stress, cognition, frailty, health history (including diabetes, alcohol and smoking), facility and program usage at the Wellness Institute (WI), height, weight, volitional oxygen intake (VO2 max), blood pressure, heart rate, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, body composition, social determinants of health, and wellbeing.

Additionally, a public engagement participatory approach will be used to determine which healthy aging outcomes are important to study, including discussion on research priorities, research question, research design, data collection approaches, outcome measures, analysis of results, relevance of findings, and dissemination of findings. Therefore, this pilot project will include the formation of a project advisory group that will include public/patient partners. The advisory group members will discuss ideas around healthy aging and lifestyle and what outcomes are most important to them; and will provide information on the reasons for joining as well as the use of the medical fitness facility, any barriers they face and program needs. The project advisory group will be an integral part of this pilot project. The information obtained from the advisory group meetings and the pilot project will be used to develop the outcomes for the larger cohort study.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or female, aged 30 years or above.
• Able to communicate in English and provide written informed consent
• Current member of the Wellness Institute
• Access to a device such as an android or iOS smartphone or tablet for use with the dietary tracking application.

Exclusion criteria

• Female participant who is pregnant or lactating