Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity

NCT01577134 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 01ET1001B
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 310
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

PREFER II aims at developing psychological targeted theory- and evidence-based intervention components, which support older people with multiple illnesses in performing more physical activity. Many studies provide evidence for the importance of physical activity as a central mediator of health. This means that determinants of physical activity such as personal resources constitute an ideal target for interventions. Within PREFER II, particularly positive views on ageing, attitudes, self-efficacy, planning and self-monitoring will be targeted in the interventions. These factors are important both for motivating older people with multiple illnesses to change their health behaviors and to translate such motivation into behavior.

Conditions

Multimorbidity

Keywords

multimorbidity; autonomy; older adults; physical activity; intervention; behavior change

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in physical activity

  Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in quality of Life

  Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

• Change in self-reported perceived autonomy

  Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Study Arms (3)

Intervention to enhance physical activity

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in this arm have high motivation to be regularly physically active. Face-to-face group intervention includes behavior change techniques to enhance physical activity.

Behavioral: Social-cognitive resource intervention

Active control intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Face-to-face group intervention includes behavior change techniques to enhance volunteering and improve attitudes towards volunteering.

Behavioral: Social-cognitive resource intervention

Passive control intervention

OTHER

Waiting-list control group, who receives all information (that the active groups got) via mail after completion of 8.5 months follow-up.

Behavioral: no intervention

Interventions

Social-cognitive resource intervention BEHAVIORAL

Intervention group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and physical activity.

Intervention to enhance physical activity

no intervention BEHAVIORAL

Passive control group that receives no intervention until the 8.5 months follow-up. Subsequently, they receive the information by mail the active groups received within the intervention.

Passive control intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 64 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years or older
• community-residing

You may not qualify if:

• regularly exercising

Sponsors & Collaborators

• German Centre of Gerontology: lead
• German Federal Ministry of Education and Research: collaborator
• Freie Universität Berlin: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

German Centre of Gerontology

Berlin, 12101, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Clemens Tesch-Römer, Prof. Dr.

  German Centre of Gerontology

  STUDY CHAIR

• Ralf Schwarzer, Prof. Dr.

  Freie Universität Berlin

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 19, 2012
• First Posted: April 13, 2012
• Study Start: April 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2013
• Study Completion: December 1, 2014
• Last Updated: March 31, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-03

Locations

DE (1)