Clinical trial NCT04412343: The Seniors COvid-19 Pandemic and Exercise Study
Official title: The Seniors COvid-19 Pandemic and Exercise Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Well-Being (Psychological Flourishing)
Depression
Quality of Life
Loneliness
Physical Activity
Social Identification
Physical Health
Lead sponsor: University of British Columbia
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Victoria
First posted: 2020-06-02
Enrollment: 241
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate different types of exercise programs (virtual group-based exercise program; personal exercise program; wait-list control) across 12-weeks on the physical and mental health of older adults during the current Covid-19 pandemic.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 65+ years old
* be able to speak and read English
* one participant in the study per household (Spouses, significant others, or family members can take part in the exercise programs with the study participant; however, they will not be able to provide data and won't be remunerated for participating)
* not experience any contraindication which might prevent that person from participating in moderate-intensity physical activity.
* participants must be able to access the internet at home via a personal smartphone, tablet (e.g., ipad), or computer (device used must have camera capabilities)
* low active individuals (i.e., less than 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week)
* currently living in Canada

Exclusion Criteria:

* age of less than 65 years
* unable to read and speak in English
* inability to participate in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (including a lack of ability to receive doctor's clearance for participating in physical activity)
* lack of internet access which does not allow them to access online materials
* device used to access the internet does not have a camera/video capabilities
* active individuals (e.g., participate in greater than 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity each week)
* living outside Canada
* not the first person from a household to enroll in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Well-Being (Psychological Flourishing)
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Life Satisfaction
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
measure: Stress
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
measure: Depression
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
measure: Resilience
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
measure: Social Identification
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
measure: Social and Emotional Lonliness
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
measure: Chronic Illness (Physical Health)
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0)
measure: Weekly Somatic Symptoms (Physical Health)
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
measure: Leisure-time physical activity
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
measure: Alcohol Habits
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
measure: Physical Adherence
timeFrame: Looked at each day of the week for 12 weeks to see if a session was attended
measure: Affective Attitudes
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
measure: Demographics
timeFrame: Baseline only (Week 0)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Vancouver
country: Canada
facility: University of British Columbia
state: British Columbia
Study officials:
affiliation: University of British Columbia
name: Mark R Beauchamp, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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