GrOup based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) randomized controlled trial: study protocol
| dc.contributor.author | Beauchamp, Mark R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Harden, Samantha M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wolf, Svenja A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rhodes, Ryan E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Liu, Yan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dunlop, William L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schmader, Toni | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sheel, Andrew W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zumbo, Bruno D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Estabrooks, Paul A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-14T17:45:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-09-14T17:45:37Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2015 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06-27 | |
| dc.description | BioMed Central | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Physical activity has health benefits across the lifespan, yet only 13 % of Canadian older adults are sufficiently active. Results from a number of observational studies indicate that adults display positive preferences for exercising with others of a similar age and same gender, and that intra-group age- and gender-similarity are associated with elevated exercise adherence. However, research has yet to experimentally examine the extent to which intra-group age- and gender-related similarity affect exercise adherence behaviors. Methods/design: The GrOup-based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) trial is a three-arm randomized control trial that will examine the efficacy of two different group-based exercise programs for older adults (informed by the tenets of self-categorization theory) in relation to a standard group-based exercise program. Within this manuscript we outline the design and proposed evaluation of the GOAL trial. The first arm is comprised of exercise groups made up of participants of a similar-age and of the same gender; the second arm consists of groups with similar-aged mixed gender participants; the control arm is comprised of mixed-aged mixed gender participants. We aim to compare the adherence rates of participants across conditions, as well as potential moderation effects and mediating mechanisms. Discussion: Results from this trial will inform intervention designs to improve the exercise adherence behaviors of older adult. At a systems-level, should support be derived for the efficacy of the interventions tested in this trial, changing group composition (i.e., age, gender) represents a feasible program adaptation for physical activity centers. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov # NCT02023632. Registered December 13, 2013. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Funding for this research was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Grant # MOP-125911). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Beauchamp et al.: GrOup based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) randomized controlled trial: study protocol. BMC Public Health (2015) 15:592 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1909-9 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/15/592 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6694 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | BMC Public Health | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ | * |
| dc.subject | Physical activity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Older adults | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adherence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Self-categorization theory | en_US |
| dc.subject | Group-dynamics | en_US |
| dc.title | GrOup based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) randomized controlled trial: study protocol | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |