Liveonline Training Course to Improve Food Habits and Enhance Physical Activity in Older Adults

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Aim of the study is to find out if the live online course is effective with regard to health promotion. Older adults receive support to initiate a health behavior (i.e., to enhance physical activity or to improve food habits). Motivation, confidence and self-management strategies are optimized to make sure participants are able to integrate the physical activity or healthy diet into their daily life.

Detailed Description
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Aim of the study is to support older adults to define a personal health behavior (to enhance physical activity, to improve food habits), to check and optimize this intention regarding self-efficacy and volitional competencies, such as action and coping planning, disability management to adopt and maintain their behavior successfully. Research questions: What is the pathway from health information/intention to behavioural change (motivational and volitional processes)? Which are the crucial social-cognitive variables in educating/coaching adults with low health literacy in daily self-management? Which other resources (e.g. social support) should be targeted in interventions to empower people in health behaviour change and maintenance?

Official Title
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Liveonline Training Course to Improve Food Habits and Enhance Physical Activity in Older Adults

Conditions
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Impaired Health, Motivation

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: liveonline course


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: internet access at home proficient language skills (German) Exclusion Criteria: no internet access at home no proficient language skills (German) contra-indication for physical activity or a diet rich in fruit and vegetables

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 50 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Intervention group<br>intervention group receives liveonline course training, 3 questionnaires at an interval of 6 weeks | Behavioral: liveonline course<br>* physical activity and healthy diet are targeted and should be enhanced, health literacy (HL) in older people should be improved<br>|
| No Intervention: Control group<br>control group receives 3 questionnaires at an interval of 6 weeks | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| health literacy | health literacy will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire | up to 4 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| physical activity | physical activity will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire | up to 4 months | 
| healthy diet | healthy diet will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire | up to 4 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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health literacy, attitude, motivation