Role of Psychological Factors and Acceptability of New Technology in Engaging Seniors in Physical Activity

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study will be a non-interventional study intended to identify psychological antecedents of the acceptability of WeWard application among people aged 55 years and older, , and its impacts on engagement in physical activity. Participants will be included in the study on a voluntary basis and healthy volunteers will be registered on the national volunteer database. This study will include people aged over 55 from senior citizens associations, from patients coming for frailty consultations at the Cimiez University Hospital Centre, and from any senior living in France. Regarding the recruitment, application users will receive a request to participate in a scientific study. If the request is accepted, participants will fill in the non-opposition form via the application and will complete, with their smartphone, a series of psychometric questionnaires (e.g. level of physical activity, personality, motivation, perceived physical competence, new technologies acceptability, etc.). Participants will then use the mobile application for a period of 12 weeks during which time, physical activity data provided from participants smartphone will be gathered such as the number of steps or gait speed. Psychometric questionnaires comprising each time one item (i.e. ecological momentary assessment) will be administered to participants randomly, in order to assess their evolution. After the 12 weeks of using the mobile application, older people will answer to the same series of psychometric questionnaires administered at the beginning of the study. Finally,lparticipants who will drop out the trial during this study will be contacted in order to clarify the reasons for their withdrawal.

Official Title
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The Role of Psychological Factors and the Acceptability of New Technology in Engaging Seniors in Physical Activity: A Pilot Study

Conditions
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Motivation

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Follow up of physical activity


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: signed non opposition > or = 55 years old Exclusion Criteria: -

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 55 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: Follow up of physical activity|participants will fill in the non-opposition form via the application and will complete, with their smartphone, a series of psychometric questionnaires. Participants will then use the mobile application for a period of 12 weeks during which time, physical activity data provided from participants smartphone will be gathered After 12 weeks, participants will complete again the same series of psychometric questionnaires.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| number of steps from a mobile application : | number of steps | during 12 weeks | 
| walking speed from a mobile application | walking speed | during 12 weeks | 
| walking distance from a mobile application | walking distance | during 12 weeks | 
| change of level from a mobile application | change of level | during 12 weeks | 
| Big Five Inventory | Big Five Inventory: score 1 to 5 when agree, item score is 5 when disagree, item score is 1 | before and after 12 weeks of using the application. | 
| Perceived physical self worth | Perceived physical self worth: one item score : very bad to very good | before and after 12 weeks of using the application. |