Recruiting

Active Aging

Sponsor:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Code:

NCT06270862

Conditions

Healthy Aging

Cognitive Change

Psychological Stress

Loneliness

Social Interaction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 65+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Resilience training

cognitive training

physical exercise

social interaction

workshop series

Study Details

Brief summary:

The proposed project aims to develop and validate a multi-dimensional digital active aging program integrated with resilience to promote the biopsychosocial functions of older adults aged 60, including Chinese older immigrants in Canada (Study 1) and English-speaking White Canadian older adults (Study 2).

The proposed study takes a typical pretest-training-posttest design. Pretest and posttest: a battery of outcome measures on physical, psychological, and social functions will be administered to all participants. Data will also be used to identify sociodemographic risk predictors for outcome variables (i.e., biopsychosocial functions and resilience). Training: the participants will be randomly assigned to three arms to receive 4 weeks of 16 training/practice/control treatment sessions delivered via Zoom.

In the "active aging with resilience (AR)" condition, participants will complete physical, cognitive, and social engagement training modules, starting with a 30-min resilience-building module. The traditional "active aging" (AA) training involves the same multi-domain active aging training without the initial resilience-building module. The "workshop training" (WT) control condition involves workshops following the same 4-week schedule on aging-related topics.

Conditions

Healthy Aging

Cognitive Change

Psychological Stress

Loneliness

Social Interaction

Study ID

NCT06270862

Start date

Apr 8, 2024

Status verified date

Apr, 2024

Completion date

Dec 31, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 30, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 65+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Study 1(Chinese group):

1. Aged 65 or over and healthy
2. Chinese migrant (e.g., Canadian citizens, immigrants, visitors that are born and raised in the Chinese culture)
3. Can speak, read and write Mandarin
4. Having access to a computer that has internet and allows Zoom meeting attendance

Study 2(Canadian group):

1. Aged 65 or over and healthy
2. White Canadian citizen
3. Can speak, read and write English
4. Having access to a computer that has internet and allows Zoom meeting attendance

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Scored 10 or above on the Short blessed test (SBT)
2. Unfit for light physical exercises
3. Without access to a computer and internet
4. With current or previous mental health diagnosis

Study Design

Enrollment

240 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Factorial

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Active aging with resilience (AR)

In the "active aging with resilience (AR)" condition, participants will complete physical, cognitive, and social engagement training modules, starting with a 15-min resilience-building module.

active comparator: Active aging without resilience (AA)

The traditional "active aging" (AA) training involves the same multi-domain active aging training without the initial resilience-building module, which will be replaced by watching 15 minutes of educational video on topics such as health, nature or travel.

placebo comparator: Workshop training (WT)

The "workshop training" (WT) control condition involves workshops following the same 4-week schedule on aging-related topics.

Interventions

Resilience training

Receive mini course on what is resilience and how to use different exercises to be more resilient in life.

cognitive training

Play games that trains attention, memory and planning using the services provided by CogniFit.

physical exercise

Engage in age-appropriate physical exercises.

social interaction

Engage in social discussion with peers in the group.

workshop series

Watch a series of workshops targeting the older adult population.

Primary outcome measure

  • Exercise Self-efficacy level (ESES) [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • the 5-item World Health Organization WellBeing Index (WHO-5) [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale 10-item (CD RISC-10) [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • Emotional regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • Visual working memory test [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • Divided attention test [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • Visual memory test [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • Stroop test [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]
  • Sustained attention to response test [ Time Frame: (1) pre-test (2) through study completion, an average of 1 month (3) 1-month post study completion ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Lixia Yang, PhD

416-979-5000lixiay@torontomu.ca

Cassandra Skrotzki, MA

416-979-5000cskrotzki@torontomu.ca

Locations

Cognitive Aging Lab

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 2K3

Contacts

Lixia Yang, PhD

416-979-5000lixiay@torontomu.ca

Principal Investigator:

Lixia Yang, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Toronto Metropolitan University

Last update posted

May 1, 2024

Last verified

Apr, 2024

Keywords

  • Older adults
  • Active aging
  • Digital intervention
  • Resilience

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Toronto Metropolitan University on 2024-05-01.