VR Exercise Intervention in a Workplace Setting (VRW)

Virtual Reality Fitness Program to Promote Active Lifestyle and Psychological Wellbeing

This research study is designed to better understand how a virtual reality (VR) exercise application may influence overall physical activity and well-being. VR games can make exercise more enjoyable and interactive, which has been shown to increase engagement in physical activity. Adult participants will do a progressive exercise program and report on overall physical activity, health, and psychological wellbeing. The intervention is expected to have a positive impact on these lifestyle factors.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Physical Inactivity; Work-Related Stress; Psychological Well-Being
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: VR exercise

Detailed Description

irtual Reality (VR) fitness applications are promising interventions to promote exercise in a home setting. Multiplayer fitness games for virtual reality platforms, addresses several common challenges associated with decreased exercise adherence such as social accountability, transportation, weather, gym memberships, and self-consciousness. This study aims to assess the impact of regular usage of a commercially available virtual reality fitness application on quality of life measures, including physical activity, health, and well-being. This study will enroll healthy participants, age 18- 50 years old, and they will be issued a Quest 2 virtual reality headset and given access to the virtual reality fitness application (VRWorkout - VRW). Participants will be asked to use VRW on a regular and progressive basis over a six-week period and to complete surveys about physical activity and wellbeing over a 9-week period. The activity completed within VRW is based on participant choice. A suggested progression schedule will be provided, but not enforced. This study of healthy working individuals, is foundational to assessing whether immersive fitness applications may be used as a lifestyle intervention to increase overall physical activity and well-being.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 45
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Julia Scott, PhD; Phone Number: +1 (650)302-7285; Email: julia@xrworkout.ai
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Alex Azzi; Email: Alex@xrworkout.ai

Study Locations

• United States
  • Mississippi
    • Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39056
      • Recruiting
      • University of Mississippi Medical Center
      • Contact: Jacob Daniels, PhD, PT; Phone Number: 601-815-4038; Email: jbdaniels@umc.edu
      • Contact: Jennifer Reneker, PhD, PT; Phone Number: (601) 984-6326; Email: jreneker@umc.edu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals who have been advised by a healthcare provider that they should not participate in moderate to strenuous physical activity for any reason
• Individuals with history of seizures with photosensitivity
• Individuals with diagnosis of uncontrolled metabolic disorders
• Current lice infestation
• Current eye infection
• Body Mass Index above 30 (obese)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: VR Exercise; This arm will use a VR exercise game that increases in frequency, intensity and duration with each week of the intervention.	Behavioral: VR exercise; Participation in high intensity interval training delivered on a virtual reality headset over six-week period. Participants may exercise with others in the multiplayer mode and use any feature of the application.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Physical Activity Questionnaire	This measure assesses the types of intensity of physical activity and sitting time that people do as part of their daily lives are considered to estimate total physical activity in MET-min/week and time spent sitting. A higher score indicates more physical activity.	Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9
World Health Organisation- Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5)	The WHO-5 is a short, self-administered, and positively worded 6 point scale designed to measure the level of subjective well-being over the last two weeks. A higher score indicates better well-being.	Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9
Self-Efficacy for Exercise	This 10 point scale is a self-report on 9 items of exercise self-efficacy. A higher score indicates greater self-efficacy.	Week 1 and Week 9
36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)	SF-36 is a set of generic, coherent, and easily administered quality-of-life measures. Each of the 36 questions has a yes or no answer or a linear rating scale. These measures rely upon patient self-reporting and have been widely used. A higher score indicates better health.	Week 1 and Week 9

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Health and Work Questionnaire	The Health and Work Questionnaire was developed to assess various aspects of productivity without completely relying on direct subjective estimation. It is a multidimensional measure of productivity. It consists of 24 questions, several of which were multi-part questions, comprising six subscales. High scores indicate greater productivity or health.	Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9
Job Affect Well-being Scale	The Job-related Affective Well-being Scale (JAWS) is a scale designed to assess people's emotional reactions to their job. It asks them to indicate for each of 30 emotions (20 emotions in the short form) how often they have experienced them in the past 30 days. Higher scores indicate more positive affects related to work.	Week 1 and Week 9

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: XRWorkout, Inc
• Collaborators: University of Mississippi Medical Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jacob Daniels, PhD, PT, University of Mississippi Medical Center; Study Chair: Jennifer Reneker, PhD, PT, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 3, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 3, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): May 16, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 16, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 10, 2024
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: exercise; virtual reality; lifestyle factors
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Stress, Psychological; Occupational Diseases; Occupational Stress
• Other Study ID Numbers: XRW001

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No