The Impact of Exergame on User Health

The Impact of Exergame on User Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The purpose of this study is to examine whether exergame use can improve user health, in terms of physical fitness, self-rated mental health and physical health, and favorable attitude, strong intention, and actual behavior of future exercise. Moreover, this study also examines whether past exercise moderates the impact of exergame use on user health.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Impact of Exergame Use on User Health
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Xbox 360

Detailed Description

The main hypotheses are:

H1: Compared with the control group participants (who do not use exergame) the experimental group participants (who use exergame) have better change in physical fitness. The difference between these two groups in the amount of change is negatively related to past exercise.

H2: Compared with the control group participants (who do not use exergame) the experimental group participants (who use exergame) have better change in (a) mental health and (b) physical health after the intervention. The difference between these two groups in the amount of change is negatively related to past exercise.

H3: Compared with the control group participants (who do not use exergame) the experimental group participants (who use exergame) have better change in (a) attitude, (b) intention and (c) behavior of doing another exercise in the future. The difference between these two groups in the amount of change is negatively related to past exercise.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 116
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taoyuan, Taiwan, 333
    • Chang Gung University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• junior and senior undergraduate student
• senior graduate student

Exclusion Criteria:

• asthma
• high myopia
• anemia
• vertigo
• cardiopathy
• hypertension
• unstable of intracranial pressure and blood pressure
• cardiac arrhythmia
• heart failure
• angor pectoris
• injury of vertebra
• ankylosing spondylitis
• hereditary cardiac arrhythmia
• musculoskeletal system injury
• glaucoma
• psychiatric disorders

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: exergame; Participants were asked to use exergame (Xbox 360) half hour for three times per week in the 12-week study period.	Device: Xbox 360; For each participant in the experimental arm, two Xbox 360 exercise items were randomly selected from the nine items, which are related to user health. Each participant takes the two exercise items in turn.
No Intervention: control; Participants were not asked to use exergames.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in physical fitness	Physical fitness was assessed twice by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, including body composition, cardio-pulmonary function, muscular strength, muscular endurance, explosive force, flexibility, agility, sense of balance, and cardiorespiratory endurance.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in mental and physical health (12 weeks)	Self-rated mental and physical health, using the SF-36 scale.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 12 weeks
Change in attitude of future exercise (12 weeks)	Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' attitude toward future exercise between an expected average of 12 weeks since randomization.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 12 weeks
Change in intention of future exercise (12 weeks)	Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' intention to do exercise in the future between an expected average of 12 weeks since randomization.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 12 weeks
Change in behavior of future exercise (12 weeks)	Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' actual exercise behavior between an expected average of 12 weeks since randomization.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 12 weeks
Change in mental and physical health (8 weeks)	Self-rated mental and physical health, using the SF-36 scale.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 8 weeks
Change in attitude of future exercise (8 weeks)	Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' attitude toward future exercise between an expected average of 8 weeks since randomization.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 8 weeks
Change in intention of future exercise (8 weeks)	Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' intention to do exercise in the future between an expected average of 8 weeks since randomization.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 8 weeks
Change in behavior of future exercise (8 weeks)	Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' actual exercise behavior between an expected average of 8 weeks since randomization.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 8 weeks
Change in mental and physical health (4 weeks)	Self-rated mental and physical health, using the SF-36 scale.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 4 weeks
Change in attitude of future exercise (4 weeks)	Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' attitude toward future exercise between an expected average of 4 weeks since randomization.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 4 weeks
Change in intention of future exercise (4 weeks)	Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' intention to do exercise in the future between an expected average of 4 weeks since randomization.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 4 weeks
Change in behavior of future exercise (4 weeks)	Self-reported questionnaires assessing users' actual exercise behavior between an expected average of 4 weeks since randomization.	The beginning and the end of expected average of 4 weeks

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Perceived Challenge (beginning)	Evaluated using scales measuing perceived challenge	Beginning of the participation in this study
Perceived Achievement (beginning)	Evaluated using scales measuing perceived achievement	Beginning of the participation in this study
Continuance Intention (beginning)	Evaluated using scales measuing intention to continue to use the exergame	Beginning of the participation in this study
Perceived Challenge (after 4 weeks)	Evaluated using scales measuing perceived challenge	After 4 weeks of the participation in this study
Perceived Achievement (after 4 weeks)	Evaluated using scales measuing perceived achievement	After 4 weeks of the participation in this study
Continuance Intention (after 4 weeks)	Evaluated using scales measuing intention to continue to use the exergame	After 4 weeks of the participation in this study
Perceived Challenge (after 8 weeks)	Evaluated using scales measuing perceived challenge	After 8 weeks of the participation in this study
Perceived Achievement (after 8 weeks)	Evaluated using scales measuing perceived achievement	After 8 weeks of the participation in this study
Continuance Intention (after 8 weeks)	Evaluated using scales measuing intention to continue to use the exergame	After 8 weeks of the participation in this study
Perceived Challenge (after 12 weeks)	Evaluated using scales measuing perceived challenge	After 12 weeks of the participation in this study
Perceived Achievement (after 12 weeks)	Evaluated using scales measuing perceived achievement	After 12 weeks of the participation in this study
Continuance Intention (after 12 weeks)	Evaluated using scales measuing intention to continue to use the exergame	After 12 weeks of the participation in this study

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Chang Gung University
• Collaborators: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ching-I Teng, PhD, Chang Gung University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 15, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 29, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): May 1, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 5, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 4, 2019
• Last Verified: February 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: exercise; Exergame; user health
• Other Study ID Numbers: CMRPD3D0021