Increasing Physical Activity Through Social Support and Stress Resilience

This study is looking at how technology, combined with education and goal-setting, can help older adults increase their physical activity. You might be eligible if you are 60 or older, live alone, and currently get 60 minutes or less of moderate physical activity per week. Participants should also have noticed some decline in their thinking abilities and own a smartphone. The study will use a Garmin device and app to track your activity and send weekly text messages. Researchers want to see if these "tech enhancements" lead to more physical activity, social support, and stress resilience over three months. The study plans to enroll 86 participants.

Study design: This is an interventional study with 86 planned participants, focusing on behavioral changes. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
What's involved: Participants will use a Garmin device and its app to monitor weekly physical activity and receive weekly text messages. Physical activity will be assessed at the beginning and after three months.
Compensation: Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up: Participants will be followed for three months after baseline measurements.

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Increasing Physical Activity Through Social Support and Stress Resilience

Recruiting

NAAges 60+InterventionalTreatment

Arizona State University

~86 participants

Updated 2026-06-29 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What's tested:Self-monitoring

At a glance

Recruiting sites

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What they're measuring

Change in physical activity as measured by average daily steps (and minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity) from baseline to 3-months

Measured over Assessed at baseline and 3-months

+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Healthy

Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD)

Sedentary Behavior

Social Isolation in Older Adults

Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states

Arizona1

Study leadership

Molly Maxfield · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Arizona State University

Who to contact

Molly Maxfield, PhD

[email protected]

602-496-2311

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Aged 60 years or older

Living alone and community dwelling

Engaging in 60 minutes or less per week of self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity at screening (based on Exercise Vital Sign Questionnaire)

Self-reported decline in cognitive functioning

Self-reported ownership of/willingness to use a smartphone with an iOS or Android operating system (necessary for participants to track their activity using a wearable activity monitor).

Able to read and speak in English. We hope to offer the intervention in Spanish in the future; however, currently, the study materials are only available in English, and participation will require ability to read and respond to study materials.

Exclusion

Endorsing an item on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), unless a physician's note is provided

Resting blood pressure greater than 200/110 mmHG as assessed at the baseline study assessment (unless a physician's note is provided)

Plans to relocate out of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona area in the next 6 months

Participation in another physical activity, nutrition or weight loss program at time of screening or at any time during the intervention

Individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), as determined by either a self-report of receiving a diagnosis of MCI from a health care provider or as assessed by the Telephone-Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA) at the Baseline Session. A score \< 18 is an exclusion criterion.

Individuals with neurodegenerative (e.g., dementia), developmental (e.g., autism), neurologic (e.g., Parkinson's, epilepsy), or major psychiatric (e.g., bipolar, schizophrenia) diagnoses

Being previously prescribed one of the 5 approved Alzheimer's medications, including: Donepezil (Aricept), Rivastigmine (Exelon), Galantamine (Razadyne), Memantine (Namenda), Memantine + Donepezil (Namzaric)

Score of 9 or higher on the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) at the Baseline Session \[scores of 9 and higher are indicative of moderate to severe depression\]

History of stroke

Incarcerated individuals (i.e., Prisoners)

What this trial measures

Change in physical activity as measured by average daily steps (and minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity) from baseline to 3-monthsAssessed at baseline and 3-months
ActiGraph GT9X Link Activity monitors worn on non-dominant wrist during waking hours 7 consecutive days will provide objective measure of 1) average daily steps and 2) moderate to vigorous activity prior to and after the intervention. GTX9X data (collected in raw format) will be aggregated for analysis to epochs of 60 secs or less for comparability to other studies.
Change in self-reported physical activityAssessed at baseline and 3-months
Participants will complete an abbreviated 7-Day Physical Activity Recall interview, which assesses self-reported moderate to vigorous physical activity.

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