An interventional study of Tailored Knowledge Translation in Mobility Limitation, sponsored by McMaster University. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 40 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-02-21.
Sponsored by McMaster University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (the Portal) was launched in 2014 to increase public access to trustworthy health information. The Portal helps readers to access evidence-based resources; identify trustworthy messages; and understand scientific findings. Now the investigators want to know whether using the Portal changes what people know and do to stay healthy and mobile.
This project will help us to:
Physically active lifestyles are important for health aging, but most Canadians do not meet published physical activity guidelines. This may be in part due to lack of access to evidence-based information on mobility and aging, and knowledge of strategies to maintain or improve mobility with age. The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal (the Portal) was launched in 2014 to increase public access to trustworthy health information. Now the investigators want to know if easy-to-understand evidence-based messages change what people know and do to stay healthy and mobile.
Sequential, explanatory mixed-methods design consisting of a two-armed randomized controlled trial and a qualitative process study to explore quantitative findings in depth.
Consent forms and a baseline survey will be sent to all interested participants. Following baseline data collection, participants will be stratified by previous Portal use, and randomized to the Knowledge Translation (KT) intervention or control group. During the 12-week KT intervention, intervention group participants will have access to the Portal and will receive mobility- focused weekly email alerts including blog posts and evidence summaries relevant to mobility and be invited to follow a Twitter and Facebook feed; a unique hashtag will be created to identify and collate relevant mobility information. Control group participants will be able to access the Portal in a 'self-serve' fashion, but will not receive targeted KT strategies.
317 studies on the registry are indexed under Mobility Limitation; 97 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 535 is above the median of 46 across 265 interventional studies indexed under Mobility Limitation.
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Of its 6 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (33%) have results posted.
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Exclusion Criteria:
During the 12-week KT intervention, intervention group participants will have access to the Portal and will receive mobility-focused weekly email alerts including blog posts and evidence summaries relevant to mobility and be invited to follow a Twitter and Facebook feed; a unique hashtag will be created to identify and collate relevant mobility information.
Other: Tailored Knowledge Translation
Participants in the control group will have access to the Portal in a 'self-serve' fashion. These participants will be able to browse the Portal, subscribe to email alerts, follow social media, etc. but will not receive the tailored mobility intervention.
Tailored knowledge translation strategies specific to maintaining and increasing physical mobility with age.
Website analytics
Understanding participant engagement with the Portal and knowledge translation strategies
Time frame: 12 weeks
Email analytics
Understanding participant engagement with the Portal and knowledge translation strategies
Time frame: 12 weeks
Google analytics
Understanding participant engagement with the Portal and knowledge translation strategies
Time frame: 12 weeks
Knowledge Questionnaire
Participants knowledge of mobility recommendations and guidelines
Time frame: 12 weeks, 3 months post-intervention
Beliefs Questionnaire
Participants beliefs about the importance of maintaining and improving mobility for health
Time frame: 12 weeks, 3 months post-intervention
Intentions Questionnaire
Participants intentions to engage in lifestyle behaviours related to maintaining or improving mobility
Time frame: 12 weeks, 3 months post-intervention
Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity
To quantify self-reported physical activity
Time frame: 12 weeks, 3 months post-intervention
Manty Preclinical Mobility Disability Scale
Mobility limitation
Time frame: 12 weeks, 3 months post-intervention
Participant satisfaction
Collected using qualitative interviews
Time frame: 12 weeks
Plan to share: No
This study is completed, as verified in Mar 2019. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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