Social Support Patterns of Middle-Aged and Older Adults Within a Physical Activity App: Secondary Mixed Method Analysis
Initiatives
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This study aimed to describe the social support patterns of middle-aged and older adults using a mobile app as part of a behavioral PA intervention.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2014
- End Year
- 2015
- Funding
- This study was internally funded by the Claude D Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (grant number P30AG024832) and Sealy Center on Aging. l salary support was provided by the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (grant number RP140020); the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (grant number 90AR5009); a Mentored Research Scholar Grant in Applied and Clinical Research (grant number MRSG-14-165-01-CPPB) from the American Cancer Society; the American Heart Association (grant number 13BGIA17110021, 16PRE27090012); the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research); the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke; and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (grant number P2CHD065702).
Design
- Study design
- Clinical trial cohort
Marker Paper
Lewis ZH, Swartz MC, Martinez E, Lyons EJ. Social Support Patterns of Middle-Aged and Older Adults Within a Physical Activity App: Secondary Mixed Method Analysis. JMIR Aging. 2019;2(2):e12496. Published 2019 Aug 23. doi:10.2196/12496
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 35
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
middle-aged and older adults
Data from 35 participants in a 12-week, home-based activity intervention were used for this secondary mixed method analysis.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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55
- Maximum age
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79
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- United States of America
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 35
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
This study aimed to describe the social support patterns of middle-aged and older adults using a mobile app as part of a behavioral PA intervention.
- Start Date
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2014-06
- End Date
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2015-12
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Mobile phone
- Smartwatch and wearables
- Tablet/laptop
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Mobile data collection