NCT05032872

Exergame Study for Family Caregivers

Social Exergame Intervention to Promote Physical Activity, Social Support, And Well-Being in Family Caregivers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Brandeis University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to examine Go\&Grow as a social exergame intervention to increase physical activity and social support, to promote well-being in family caregivers, and to test social support and physical activity as mechanisms for the effects of the intervention.

Detailed description

The study is a 2-week baseline and 6-week intervention aimed at comparing the feasibility and efficacy of an exergame (Go\&Grow without social contact components) and a social exergame (full version of Go\&Grow) in promoting physical activity, social support, and well-being in family caregivers. The study also seeks to test social support and physical activity as mechanisms for the relationships between condition (exergame non-social vs social exergame) and wellbeing. Participants will be randomly assigned using a random assignment generator to either the control condition (exergame non-social) or the treatment condition (social exergame) on a rolling basis. Participants from both conditions will be reminded daily via app-based notifications during the intervention period to wear their Fitbit and to play the game.

Conditions

• Sedentary Lifestyle

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Social Exergame Treatment Group	* Physical activity tracking, walk to grow flowers and plant their own garden * Follow workout tutorials * Daily steps tracked by Fitbit and workout log tracked by the app * Daily reminders to wear Fitbit, use the app, and share stories to unlock new flowers to grow * Includes social features: like, reply, and see other's stories, and share their stories; Access to other people's gardens * In-app rewards (unlock new flowers to grow each week) if participants post stories
BEHAVIORAL	Control Group	* Physical activity tracking, walk to grow flowers and plant their own garden * Follow workout tutorials * Daily steps tracked by Fitbit and workout log tracked by the app * Daily reminders to wear Fitbit and use the app

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-08-16
• Primary completion: 2022-03-31
• Completion: 2022-04-30
• First posted: 2021-09-02
• Last updated: 2023-07-19
• Results posted: 2023-07-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States