nctId: NCT06277583 id: NUS-IRB-2023-191 briefTitle: Urban Care Farming on Living Well and Productive Engagement of Older Adults overallStatus: RECRUITING date: 2023-11-28 date: 2024-12-31 date: 2025-12-31 date: 2024-02-26 date: 2024-02-26 name: National University of Singapore class: OTHER name: National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore briefSummary: The goal of the randomized controlled trials is to learn about the effects of urban farming interventions on older adults' physical, mental, and social well-being of older adults aged 50 and above. The main questions the study aims to answer are Q1. Would participants who have undergone the urban care farming intervention have lower stress levels compared to those who did not undergo the intervention? Q2. Would the quality of life and biopsychosocial factors of older adults who participate in the urban farming interventions be better before the intervention and compared to those who did not participate? Q3. Would running intervention programs as such demonstrate cost-effectiveness? Participants will be enrolled in 24 weekly lessons providing hands-on urban farming techniques, including physical activity, planting, and social interactions. Researchers will compare older participants with similar demographic profile to determine if the biological, psychological, and social factors are better for the intervention group. conditions: Stress, Psychological studyType: INTERVENTIONAL phases: NA allocation: RANDOMIZED interventionModel: PARALLEL interventionModelDescription: Waitlist controlled trials: Participants from both the intervention and waitlist control groups will undergo the intervention 6 months apart. primaryPurpose: OTHER masking: NONE count: 200 type: ESTIMATED name: Urban care farming measure: WHO Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF) measure: Immuno-biomarkers: IL-1RA, IL-6, IL-8 (CXCL8), IL-10, IL-13, IL-17A (CTLA-8), MIP-3 beta (CCL19), SDF-1 alpha, MMP-3, MMP-9, MCP-1 (CCL2), and TNF alpha measure: Brief sense of community scale (BSCS) measure: Fried phenotype of frailty measure: Lubben social network scale (LSNS-6) measure: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy measure: EQ5D measure: Geriatric anxiety scale (GAS-10) measure: MOCA measure: Brief resilience scale measure: De jong Gierveld loneliness scale measure: Fitbit measure: Body weight and height measure: Fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c measure: Serum Creatinine measure: Attitude towards eating healthy food measure: Waist and hip circumference measure: Blood pressure measure: Lipid panel measure: Eating fruits and vegetables behavior sex: ALL minimumAge: 50 Years maximumAge: 80 Years stdAges: ADULT stdAges: OLDER_ADULT facility: NUS status: RECRUITING city: Singapore zip: 117549 country: Singapore name: Ezra Chiam role: CONTACT phone: +6566016036 email: ezra.chiam@nus.edu.sg name: Cynthia Chen, PhD role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR name: Choon Nam Ong, MD, PhD role: SUB_INVESTIGATOR name: Schwarz Herbert, PhD role: SUB_INVESTIGATOR name: Mary Chong, PhD role: SUB_INVESTIGATOR name: Roger Ho, PhD role: SUB_INVESTIGATOR name: Leng Leng Theng, PhD role: SUB_INVESTIGATOR lat: 1.28967 lon: 103.85007 facility: Jurong Lake Garden status: RECRUITING city: Singapore zip: 618661 country: Singapore name: Joan Hung role: CONTACT email: Joan_HUNG@nparks.gov.sg lat: 1.28967 lon: 103.85007 hasResults: False