The engAGE Project: Immersive Intergenerational Intervention to Improve Movement in Older Adults

NCT07112638 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: PID2022-140660NB-C21
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 240
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The engAGE project is an innovative, non-oriented research initiative that seeks to advance public health knowledge to promote quality of life and functional independence in older adults. It combines expertise in public health, education, pedagogy, psychology, and technology with a novel approach. The project is divided in two phases: Phase 1: Involves the co-creation of an intergenerational intervention designed to improve movement patterns of community-dwelling older adults (65+), recruited from community and day care centres. Using participatory action research, interventions will be co-designed with older adults, family members (including children and grandchildren), students, health and education professionals, technology experts, and researchers. The reserachers aim is to reduce sedentary behaviour (SB), increase physical activity (PA), and explore the added value of immersive technology to enhance uptake, adherence, and sustainability. Phase 2: Evaluate the effects of the tailored, co-created intervention through a randomised controlled clinical trial. Movement patterns will be assessed via accelerometry and observational measures (time in SB, active vs. passive SB, standing, walking, steps, and transitions) at baseline, post-intervention, 6 months, and 12 months. In addition to movement outcomes, secondary measures will include functional capacity, independence, loneliness, social isolation, physical function, body composition, quality of life, depression, anxiety, and cost-utility.

Conditions

Frailty at Older Adults

Keywords

co-creation; intergenerational; physical activity; sedentary behavior; older adults

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• sedentary behavior

  Change in sedentary behavior mesured by the change in the register pre and post intervention with the activePAL device and the use of sedentary behavior questionaire (SBQ). SBQ: Each item rated on a 9-point scale of daily time spent in sedentary activities (0 = none, 8 = ≥6 hours). Total score = sum of minutes across items. Range: 0-3240 minutes/day. Higher scores = worse outcome (more sedentary time). Lower scores = better outcome (less sedentary time).

  From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 12 weeks + 6 months follow-up + 1 year follow-up.

Study Arms (2)

Intervention: Immersive virtual reality + exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention: Immersive virtual reality + phisical exercises

Other: immersive technology-based intergenerational intervention to improve movement patterns in older adults

Control

NO INTERVENTION

workshops including story telling, origami and yoga

Interventions

immersive technology-based intergenerational intervention to improve movement patterns in older adults OTHER

Intervention group The intervention consists of 60-minute supervised sessions conducted once per week for 12 weeks. Each session begins with a 10-minute warm-up, followed by 15 minutes of strength training. Four structured session types (A, B, C, and D) were designed and are being rotated throughout the 12-week period. These sessions incorporate upper and lower body exercises performed using body weight and/or resistance bands, adapted to each participant's physical function.

Intervention: Immersive virtual reality + exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: Limited to biological sex.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 65 years or older.
• Community-dwelling older adults.
• Regular attendance at most sessions (at least 80% attendance).
• Ability to move autonomously, with or without technical assistance.
• Provision of informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Presence of severe cognitive deficits, assessed by the Pfeiffer test (8 to 10 errors) (Martínez de la Iglesiaa et al., 2001).
• Lack of participation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Ramon Llull: lead

Study Sites (2)

Blanquerna - Ramon Llull University

Barcelona, Barcelona, 08022, Spain

Location

Universitat Blanquerna

Barcelona, Barcelona, 08022, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity; Sedentary Behavior

Interventions

Aging

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Growth and Development; Physiological Phenomena

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 1, 2025
• First Posted: August 8, 2025
• Study Start: February 3, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2027
• Last Updated: December 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (2)