Companion: Sensor-based Two-way Communication for Physical Activity in Older Adults

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This is a single site randomized clinical trial to test if if Companion improves and sustains free-living physical activity and sedentary behaviors in adults >60 y and improves health outcomes. Forty-six sedentary office-working adults >60 y with a BMI >25 kg/m2 will be randomized to a control and i...

This is a single site randomized clinical trial to test if if Companion improves and sustains free-living physical activity and sedentary behaviors in adults >60 y and improves health outcomes. Forty-six sedentary office-working adults >60 y with a BMI >25 kg/m2 will be randomized to a control and intervention group. Both groups will undergo a 16-week supervised training program involving supervised training sessions 45-60 min, twice a week. The intervention group will additionally receive the two-way communication-based Companion meta intervention. Two-way communication during weeks 1 to 4, will focus on gathering information on the adult's motivations, preferences, habits, contexts, and usual behavior patterns to build typical individual behavior models. The model will be used to develop an adaptive physical active and sedentary behavior intervention prescription. Primary outcomes from Aim 1 and exploratory outcomes from Aim 2 will be measured at baseline and then after 16 and 24 weeks.

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