Southampton Mobility Volunteer Programme

NCT02594527 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: RHM MED1297
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Physical activity levels of hospitalised older inpatients is low and this results in many adverse health outcomes. Studies have shown that interventions designed to promote increased physical activity of older inpatients using paid staff have shown improvement in physical function of older inpatients, resulting in shorter hospital stay and reduced admissions to nursing home. This study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of using trained volunteers to increase physical activity of older people in hospital. Volunteers will be recruited and trained to encourage older inpatients to mobilise or perform chair-based exercises. Patients will be encouraged to walk or exercise with the volunteers twice a day during their hospital stay. Quantitative analysis will be conducted on the outcome measures. Patients, volunteers and staff members will also be interviewed to assess the acceptability of the intervention. This feasibility study will help inform a future controlled trial.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

Older people; Physical activity; Hospital

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of using trained volunteers to promote increased physical activity among hospitalised older people

  Number of volunteers recruited

  2 year

Secondary Outcomes (17)

• Acceptability of using trained volunteers to promote increased physical activity among hospitalised older people

  2 years

• StepWatch Activity Monitor

  2 years

• GENEActiv accelerometer

  2 years

• Elderly Mobility Scale

  2 years

• Barthel Index

  2 years

Study Arms (1)

Volunteer-led physical activity sessions

EXPERIMENTAL

Patient will receive volunteer-led physical activity sessions twice a day during admission.

Other: Volunteer-led physical activity session

Interventions

Volunteer-led physical activity session OTHER

Participants will be encouraged by volunteers to walk or perform chair-based exercises during their stay in hospital

Volunteer-led physical activity sessions

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 70 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• deemed appropriate by the medical team and therapists to receive a physical activity intervention by trained volunteers and able to mobilise with or without a walking aid.

You may not qualify if:

• patients normally resident in a nursing home, or who were immobile prior to admission;
• patients who are in a side room for infection control reasons;
• palliative care patients;
• patients deemed inappropriate for the physical activity intervention by the medical or therapy teams.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southampton: lead
• National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Academic Geriatric Medicine, University of Southampton

Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom

Location

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Lim S, Ibrahim K, Dodds R, Purkis A, Baxter M, Rogers A, Sayer AA, Roberts HC. Physical activity in hospitalised older people: the feasibility and acceptability of a volunteer-led mobility intervention in the SoMoVe study. Age Ageing. 2020 Feb 27;49(2):283-291. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afz114.

  PMID: 31566671 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Stephen Lim, BM

  University of Southampton

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 19, 2015
• First Posted: November 3, 2015
• Study Start: February 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2017
• Study Completion: December 1, 2017
• Last Updated: May 19, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Locations

GB (2)