KOSO (Keep On Stepping On)/ Stepping Online

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

45 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-07-31

Study Completion Date

2018-04-30

Brief Summary

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The overall purpose of this multi-phase study is to develop (Phase 1) and test potential effectiveness and feasibility of Keep On Stepping On (KOSO)/Stepping Online, an online falls prevention maintenance program for Stepping On (SO) graduates in a group randomized trial (Phase 2).

This application refers to effectiveness component of Phase 2, which entails the randomized clinical trial. Phase 1 has been completed. The feasibility component of Phase 2 will entail process evaluation of the Stepping Online intervention group only.

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Detailed Description

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Aim:

This application, for Phase 2 of a larger study, is a 6-month group randomized trial to test the effectiveness of Stepping Online.

Stepping Online (developed in Phase 1) is a continuation website to help Stepping On graduates to:

1. Maintain exercises and fall prevention strategies learned in Stepping On, and
2. Stay connected with other participants and leaders/peer leaders in the 7-week workshop.

Approach:

1. Subject Eligibility:

1. Stepping On leaders and peer leaders of Milwaukee, Dane, Rock, Adams, Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara Counties during the enrollment window
2. Stepping On participants/graduates of the above workshops whose leader assesses that they can safely use Stepping Online to exercise at home
2. Recruitment and Consenting:

1. Leaders/Peer Leaders: County aging unit coordinators will invite leaders to participate in the study and share the names of those who agree with the study research staff. Staff will then explain the study in detail, answer questions, and obtain informed consent from those who agree.
2. Participants: (1) Research staff will visit participating leader/peer leader workshops to explain the study; (2) leader will distribute a card for participants to agree to a researcher phone call to learn more. They will then share the contact information of those who agree with study research staff; (3) study research staff members will contact and conduct a recruitment interview by phone. They then schedule those who agree to come to the site where the workshop occurred (or another public place that is private and convenient for research subjects) for consenting and baseline measurement.
3. Randomization

Randomization will occur on the Stepping On workshop level to ensure that leaders, peer leaders and participants are in the same arm. Procedures:
1. County liaisons, who routinely collect data, will provide participants' education level (without personal identifiers);
2. Study biostatistician pairs workshops based on above data, as well as geographic location and other data to ensure comparability.
3. Participants from each designated pair of SO workshops will provide informed consent and participate in baseline measurements
4. Designated pair of SO workshops will be randomized to the Stepping Online (intervention) or to the usual care Control arm.



1. Intervention arm: Stepping On graduates (and their leaders/peer leaders) will receive the Stepping Online website for 6 months. They can use their own computer or receive a laptop and Internet access (if needed) for the study duration. Research staff will provide 2 in-home training sessions (2 weeks apart) on how to use Stepping Online's fall prevention features (described under the "Arms and Intervention" section). Participants can call the technical support phone line for more help.
2. Control arm: Stepping On graduates in this arm will not receive Stepping Online.
3. Neither the intervention nor the control arm subjects will have access to Stepping Online after the 6-month trial.
4. Participants in both study arms will complete measurements at their workshop location or another location that is private and convenient fir subjects at baseline (prior to randomization), and later at 3 and 6 months.

Conditions

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Fall Related Injury Social Isolation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Stepping Online

Stepping On graduates receive Stepping Online, a password-protected continuation website to maintain fall prevention behaviors.

1. Fall prevention tips
2. Fall prevention exercise videos noting technique and safety
3. Guest expert videos and communication with expert
4. Tools to set exercise goals, reminders and track progress
5. Fall prevention specialist for feedback and group activities
6. Discussion and messaging (1:1, small and large group)
7. Fall prevention resources.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Stepping Online

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Stepping Online is a password-protected website with Stepping On graduates, whose groups are randomized to Stepping Online and will have access to and training in a password-protected website. The website includes:

1. Fall prevention tips
2. Fall prevention exercise videos with narrations for proper technique and safety precautions
3. Guest expert videos with online access to the guest expert to ask questions
4. Tools to set exercise goals, get reminders and track progress
5. Access to a fall prevention specialist for personal feedback and suggested group homework
6. Group discussion and messaging (one-to-one and with their fellow Stepping On workshop participants group, or with all Stepping Online participants and leaders)
7. Fall prevention resources

Stepping On Usual Care Control

Subjects control workshops in the condition will not have access to Stepping Online.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Stepping Online

Stepping Online is a password-protected website with Stepping On graduates, whose groups are randomized to Stepping Online and will have access to and training in a password-protected website. The website includes:

1. Fall prevention tips
2. Fall prevention exercise videos with narrations for proper technique and safety precautions
3. Guest expert videos with online access to the guest expert to ask questions
4. Tools to set exercise goals, get reminders and track progress
5. Access to a fall prevention specialist for personal feedback and suggested group homework
6. Group discussion and messaging (one-to-one and with their fellow Stepping On workshop participants group, or with all Stepping Online participants and leaders)
7. Fall prevention resources

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Keep On Stepping On (KOSO)

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Leader/Peer Leader: Leading a SO workshop in Dane, Milwaukee, Rock, Adams, Green Lake, Marquette or Waushara counties during the timeframe prior to the 6-month trial.
2. Stepping On Participants/Graduates: Enrolled in one of the above SO workshops.

In Milwaukee and Dane counties, extra effort will be made to enroll African American Stepping On participants/graduates, who are more likely to have lower income and educational level and to be uninsured than their White counterparts.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Leaders/Peer Leaders:

1. Not available to participate in Stepping Online for more than 4 weeks out of the 6 months following enrollment
2. Not in the area at the end of the 6-month trial.
2. Stepping On Participants/Graduates:

1. Unable participate in Stepping Online for more than 4 weeks out of the 6 months following enrollment
2. Not assessed to be safe by SO leader to do the online exercise program; not in the area for the 3 month and 6 month evaluations

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes