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A Social Media Game to Increase Physical Activity Among Older Adult Women

NCT04095923 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2025-09-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will test the effects of a social media game on the physical activity of older adult women. The game will consist of playful weekly challenges that require sharing photographs on a private social media group and also wearing an activity monitor to track steps. Participants will be randomized to this game group or to receive the activity monitor only.

Conditions

  • Aging

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social media game

Participants will engage in weekly challenges that require them to take photographs of interesting things they discover during their walks. They will post and discuss these photographs with other participants on a private social media page. They will track their steps using a wearable activity monitor and receive brief standard self-regulatory counseling.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard self-regulation

Participants will track their steps using a wearable activity monitor and receive brief standard self-regulatory counseling.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elizabeth Lyons, PhD, MPH · University of Texas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-01
Primary Completion
2025-08-13
Completion
2026-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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