Occupation Based Health-Promotion Program for People Aged Over 60: "Bliib Gsund"

NCT02287155 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: ZHAW-F&E-Ergo
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 16
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

As in many other countries in the world, the population in Switzerland is growing older. This also means an expansion of costs in the health system. Therefore, the investigators need to find concepts of health promotion to prevent people from getting ill and dependent of the health care system. Our project aims at developing a health promotion program for persons over 50 years of age in a rural area of Switzerland. The program's name is "bliib gsund". This occupational-therapy directed health promotion program is conducted over a period of six months in two groups of eight persons each. The aim of the program is to enhance the quality of life of the participants, to mediate the competence of integrating health-promoting aspects in their daily life, and to maintain their independence in their life as long as possible. Persons over 50 often find themselves in a phase of transition in life, such as starting retirement, the loss of family members or children moving out. This program will provide them with the ability to continue their lifestyle in a more active way. It embraces topics such as more active pursuits of interests and carrying out personally meaningful activities. In preparation of the program, the investigators conducted a needs analysis to identify the needs relating to health-promoting offers of the inhabitants living in the specified region. The results showed a high interest and need for such programs. They also helped us to identify several relevant issues to be included in the presented health-promotion program: physical exercise in daily life, healthy nutrition, getting acquainted with new technologies, fall-prevention training and maintaining social contacts. The researchers and the designated occupational therapist, who will be the moderator of the program, can develop the program based on these results. The evaluation of the program should identify the effect of the program concerning the promotion of self-efficacy, the sense of coherence, quality of life and the program objectives. A questionnaire will be distributed before the program, immediately after and six months after the program.

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Health Promotion; Intervention Study; Occupational Therapy; Rural Population; Quality of life; Sense of coherence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in self efficacy

  The participants are asked to fill out the self-efficacy-scale from Schwarzer\&Jerusalem (1999).

  baseline (before the programm start), after 6 month (end of programm), after 12 month (follow up)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in sence of coherence

  baseline (before the programm start), after 6 month (end of programm), after 12 month (follow up)

Study Arms (1)

occupation based health promotion

EXPERIMENTAL

The description of the health promotion intervention is provided in the "detailed description" of the study. It's a single arm study.

Behavioral: occupation based health promotion

Interventions

occupation based health promotion BEHAVIORAL

The description of the intervention is provided in the "detailed description" of the study.

occupation based health promotion

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Over 60 years of age
• Healthy or suffering from a mild to moderate disease

You may not qualify if:

• Severe dementia
• Severe chronic disease (such as heart disease, metabolic disease, lung disease)
• Immobility (not able to get to the LINTHPRAXEN)
• State after acute illness, injury (e.g. after a recent stroke, myocardial infarction, fractures)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Julie Page: lead
• Occupational therapy practice ergoalltag: collaborator
• Linthpraxen GmbH: collaborator
• Stiftung für Ergotherapie Zürich: collaborator
• ErgotherapeutInnen Verband Schweiz evs: collaborator

Related Publications (13)

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  BACKGROUND

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  BACKGROUND

• Mountain G, Mozley C, Craig C, Ball L. Occupational Therapy led health promotion for older people: feasability of the Lifestyle Matters Programme. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2008 71(10), 406-413.

  BACKGROUND

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  BACKGROUND

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  BACKGROUND

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  BACKGROUND

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  BACKGROUND

• BFS. Schweizerische Gesundheitsbefragung 2012 - Übersicht. Retrieved 13.12.2014, from Bundesamt für Statistik. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/news/publikationen.html?publicationID=5352

  BACKGROUND

• Schwarzer R, Jerusalem M. Skalen zur Erfassung von Lehrer- und Schülermerkmalen. Dokumentation der psychometrischen Verfahren im Rahmen der Wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des Modellversuchs Selbstwirksame Schulen. 2009. Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin.

  BACKGROUND

• Clark F, Jackson J, Carlson M, Chou CP, Cherry BJ, Jordan-Marsh M, Knight BG, Mandel D, Blanchard J, Granger DA, Wilcox RR, Lai MY, White B, Hay J, Lam C, Marterella A, Azen SP. Effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in promoting the well-being of independently living older people: results of the Well Elderly 2 Randomised Controlled Trial. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012 Sep;66(9):782-90. doi: 10.1136/jech.2009.099754. Epub 2011 Jun 2.

  PMID: 21636614 BACKGROUND

• Hay J, LaBree L, Luo R, Clark F, Carlson M, Mandel D, Zemke R, Jackson J, Azen SP. Cost-effectiveness of preventive occupational therapy for independent-living older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002 Aug;50(8):1381-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50359.x.

  PMID: 12164994 BACKGROUND

• Jackson J, Carlson M, Mandel D, Zemke R, Clark F. Occupation in lifestyle redesign: the Well Elderly Study Occupational Therapy Program. Am J Occup Ther. 1998 May;52(5):326-36. doi: 10.5014/ajot.52.5.326.

  PMID: 9588257 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Julie Page, Prof. Dr.

  Zurich UAS

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Julie Page, Prof. Dr.

CONTACT

0041589346345; julie.page@zhaw.ch

Verena Biehl, MA

CONTACT

0041589346423; verena.biehl@zhaw.ch

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Prof.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 16, 2014
• First Posted: November 10, 2014
• Study Start: January 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2015
• Study Completion: March 1, 2016
• Last Updated: November 10, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-11