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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
241
Participants will receive weekly exercise courses delivered virtually to a group of older adults. This intervention will last for 12 weeks. Participants in addition to participating in exercise will have designated time after each exercise class to socially connect. Participants in this condition will also receive a t-shirt.
Participants will receive weekly exercise courses delivered virtually. These classes will be pre-recorded so the individual can complete sessions at any time that is convenient for them.
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Well-Being (Psychological Flourishing)
Well-being will be self reported using an 8-item measure from Diener et al., 2010
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Life Satisfaction
1-item question by Fleeson, 2004
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Stress
1 Item Statistics Canada Stress Question from the Canadian Community Health Survey (2012)
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Depression
10 Item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) via Andresen et al., 1994
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Resilience
6 item Brief Resilience Scale by Smith et al., 2008
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Social Identification
items adapted from the 4-item scale by Doosje et al., 1995
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Social and Emotional Lonliness
11-item scale by De Jong Gierveld et al., 2006
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
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Chronic Illness (Physical Health)
question by Charles et al., 2006 adapted from Larsen et al., 1991
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0)
Weekly Somatic Symptoms (Physical Health)
question by Charles et al., 2006 adapted from Marmot et al., 1997
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Leisure-time physical activity
modified version of the Leisure Score Index (LSI; Courneya, Jones, Rhodes, \& Blanchard, 2004) that has been applied to Godin's Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ; Godin \& Shepard, 1985).
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Alcohol Habits
3-item measure for alcohol consumption from CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaire, 1984-2019
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Physical Adherence
Objective measure of attendance in online sessions (interventions conditions only)
Time frame: Looked at each day of the week for 12 weeks to see if a session was attended
Affective Attitudes
3 semantic differential items toward physical activity using scale by Azjen, 2006
Time frame: Baseline (Week 0), Week 2, Week 4, Week 6, Week 8, Week 10, Follow-up (Week 12)
Demographics
Items addressing sex/gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, chronic conditions, smoking behaviour, height, weight, education level, household income level, employment status, marital status, and living situation (i.e., alone vs. others).
Time frame: Baseline only (Week 0)