Health Promotion Behavior Intervention for Elderly Migrants to Improve Health Outcomes

NCT07040371 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 202401-36
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 61
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aimed to develop a health promotion behavior intervention for elderly migrants and evaluate its effects, in order to provide insights for enhancing health-promoting behaviors among elderly migrants, improving community-based health management services for this population, and addressing health challenges related to migration in an aging society.

Conditions

Elderly Migrants; Health Promotion Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• the geriatric health promotion scale

  The health-promoting behaviors of elderly migrants were assessed using the the geriatric health promotion scale. This scale consists of 22 items across six dimensions: health habits, social participation, health responsibility, healthy diet, physical exercise, and oral health care. A 4-point Likert scale was used for scoring, with higher scores indicating better health-promoting behaviors. In this study, the Cronbach's α coefficient for this scale was 0.843, demonstrating good internal consistency reliability.

  baseline, week 6, and week 12

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• the brief ageing perceptions questionnaire (B-APQ)

  baseline, week 6, and week 12

• The family APGAR

  baseline, week 6, and week 12

• UCLA Loneliness Scale

  baseline, week 6, and week 12

Study Arms (2)

Health Promotion Behavior Intervention + Routine Community Nursing and Management

EXPERIMENTAL

In addition to routine community nursing and management, the experimental group of elderly migrants also received the health promotion behavior intervention program developed in this study.

Other: Health Promotion Behavior Intervention Program

routine community nursing and management only

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group of elderly migrants received routine community nursing and management, which primarily included distributing health manuals, conducting regular health education activities, follow-up visits, etc.

Other: receiving routine community care and management only

Interventions

Health Promotion Behavior Intervention Program OTHER

The intervention program is structured around a three-step framework: ① building motivation and providing opportunities; ② reinforcing motivation, enhancing capabilities, and providing opportunities; and ③ sustaining motivation, strengthening capabilities, and providing opportunities. The process involves assessing the current state of health-promoting behaviors among elderly migrants, implementing interventions to promote these behaviors, and evaluating the effectiveness of the interventions. The program spans 12 weeks and is carried out by a team of researchers and nursing students. Key intervention components include: ① helping elderly migrants recognize their health issues, analyzing the impact of migration on health-promoting behaviors, and emphasizing the importance of such behaviors through comparisons of negative and positive case studies; ② conducting thematic training on health habits, dietary nutrition, exercise safety, oral hygiene, and other topics through health lectures,

Health Promotion Behavior Intervention + Routine Community Nursing and Management

receiving routine community care and management only OTHER

It primarily included distributing health manuals, conducting regular health education sessions, and performing follow-ups. Researchers and community nurses collected and addressed health-related inquiries raised by the elderly migrants. Additionally, to ensure scientific rigor and equity in the study, compensatory interventions (such as providing equivalent intervention opportunities or distributing relevant intervention materials) were offered to participants based on their actual needs upon completion of the research project.

routine community nursing and management only

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 55 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age requirement: female ≥55 years, male ≥60 years；
• Residing in Huzhou city for \>6 months;
• Voluntary participation with signed informed consent;
• Cognitively intact.

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals with language/communication barriers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Huzhou University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Huzhou University

Huzhou, Zhejiang, 313000, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Meijuan Cao

  Huzhou University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 25, 2025
• First Posted: June 27, 2025
• Study Start: October 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 12, 2024
• Study Completion: December 24, 2024
• Last Updated: June 27, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)