Clinical trial NCT02786394: Return to Everyday Activities in the Community and Home
Official title: REACH Lifestyle Program for Older Adults
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Aging
Activity
Lifestyle
Lead sponsor: University of British Columbia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-06-01
Enrollment: 11
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 55
Maximum age (years): 105
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to test feasibility for the delivery and perceptions of a lifestyle model for middle-aged and older adults by involving participants in its development. The goal of the program is to reduce sedentary behaviour, increase physical activity, and increase strength and balance. An optional walking program will be run in parallel to emphasize the importance of moving more. Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires on course delivery, content and effect throughout the program and 2-3 recorded interviews throughout the study. We will collect measurements of physical performance before and after the program.

Detailed description: This study aims to describe the delivery of a lifestyle model for older adults. Return to Everyday Activities in the Community and Home (REACH) is a health promotion program aimed at middle-aged and older adults. The goal of REACH is to reduce sedentary behaviour, increase physical activity, and increase strength and balance. The REACH program is comprised of six sessions which include evidence-based education, behaviour change theory, and activity instruction. REACH also teaches goal setting techniques, mindfulness, and encourages active community engagement. In this study we are running the REACH program for women aged 55 and older alongside a supplementary optional walking program run by SportMedBC. We will gather pre- and post-intervention measures of program perceptions, delivery psychological variables and physical performance outcomes. We will also collect participant feedback about course delivery, content and effect throughout the program. This study will allow us to describe the delivery strategies of REACH and involve the participants in the development of the REACH program. The optional walking program will emphasize the importance of increasing daily physical activity.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants included will be women aged 55 and older.
* Participants must speak English.
* Participants must be able to walk a minimum of four city blocks, climb a flight of stairs and take part in a physical activity and walking program.
* Participants must be cleared by a health care professional to participate using the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (Par-Q+) assessment to determine if they are physically able to take part in the activity program.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals will be excluded if they are men, under the age of 55 and/or do not speak English.

Primary outcomes:
measure: REACH Session Feedback
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Physical Activity Identity
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Grit Score
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Automaticity Subscale of the Self-Report Habit Index
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Sedentary Behaviour
timeFrame: weekly for 6 weeks
measure: Hourly Activity
timeFrame: weekly for 6 weeks
measure: Step Count
timeFrame: weekly for 6 weeks
measure: Number of REACH Sessions Attended
timeFrame: weekly for 6 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Vancouver
country: Canada
facility: Centre for Hip Health and Mobility
state: British Columbia
Study officials:
affiliation: University of British Colubia
name: Maureen Ashe, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Ashe MC, Edwards NY, Taylor A, Burnett L, Giangregorio L, Milne K, Clemson L, Fleig L. Return to Everyday Activity in the Community and Home: a feasibility study for a lifestyle intervention to sit less, move more, and be strong. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2019 Jun 28;5:84. doi: 10.1186/s40814-019-0467-9. eCollection 2019.