Health Attitude, Health Behavior
Conditions
Brief summary
Broad, diverse, and innovative efforts are needed to address the growing dual public health challenges of obesity and diabetes, especially for those at increased risk like minority older adults. The emerging field of health games offers an innovative opportunity to reach populations to provide healthy eating and physical activity messages. Little research has focused on the use of health games specifically tailored for older adults. This study builds upon a health game designed to provide knowledge, facilitate movement, enhance motivation, and encourage healthy eating (HE) and physical activity (PA) behaviors in youth. This study will adapt, implement, and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, adherence, and preliminary outcomes of the game among overweight/obese African American older adults.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALHealthy eating workshop and interactive health game
The intervention sessions will be weekly for 6 weeks and will involve participation in health education workshop and interactive health game. Sessions may last up to 2 hours and will be held at designated times/days at a Chicago Church.
BEHAVIORALHealthy eating workshop
The intervention sessions will be weekly for 6 weeks and will involve participation in health education workshop. Sessions may last up to 2 hours and will be held at designated times/days at a Chicago Church.
Sponsors
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age between 50 and 65 years * Overweight or obese (25kg/m2 ≤ BMI \< 40kg/m2) * African American/Black by self-report * Risk factors for diabetes (based on adapted ADA risk test)
Exclusion criteria
* Adults with cognitive impairments, based on the adapted Mental Status Questionnaire (MSQ). * Health conditions that preclude participation in physical activity program, based on the Exercise Assessment and Screener for You (EASY) physical activity screener. * Already diagnosed with diabetes by self-report * Currently engaging in vigorous physical activity * Non-English speaking * Does not meet inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eating habits | 6 weeks | Eating habits will be assessed using the Visually-Enhanced Food Behavior Checklist. |
| Physical activity patterns | 6 weeks | Physical activity patterns will be assessed using the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). |
| Motivation | 6 weeks | Behavioral motivation questions will include Stage of change and confidence items to assess motivation (i.e., readiness) or achievement of behavioral goals. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MPP Acceptability Survey | 6 weeks | This survey is about the participants experiences using MyPlatePicks (MPP) game |
| Weight | 6 weeks | Weight will be measured using a digital scale |
| MPP stages of change survey | 6 week s | acceptability will be measured using this survey |
| Adherence | 6 weeks | Adherence will be measured by a count of the sessions attended. |
| Short International Physical Activity Questionnaire | 6 weeks | Acceptability will be measured using this survey |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed