Clinical trial NCT05268146: Earlier Elderly People in Urban Areas
Official title: Characterization, Creativity, Leadership, and Search for Solutions to Improve the Lifestyles of Earlier Elderly People in Urban Areas
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Sarcopenia
Eldery People
Lifestyle, Healthy
Nutrition
Sleep
Physical Activity
Participatory Research
Lead sponsor: University Rovira i Virgili
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-03-07
Enrollment: 77
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Maximum age (years): 74
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Earlier elderly people living in urban areas. The target population will be recruited from different places in the community, town halls, civic centers, senior citizens' associations, etc.

Brief summary: Social innovation in aging needs to bring new ideas and services to meet new social and welfare needs identified in recent years. In our environment, people ≥60 years old accounted for 20% -24% of the population in 2015, and it is expected to increase to ≥30% by 2050.

The objectives of this project are: To characterize the elderly (60 to 74 years) who live independently in urban areas of the province of Tarragona, to actively involve them, through a process of participatory research to generate solutions.

To achieve this goal, it is proposed to make a diagnosis of their health status (lifestyles, risk of malnutrition, and sarcopenia), and conduct focus groups including young seniors from urban areas, and stakeholders, to determine their needs, interests, and barriers for pursuing healthy lifestyles. Based on the information obtained in the diagnosis and focus groups, there will be processes for co-creating solutions based on proposed activities or changes in their immediate environment.

Detailed description: Social innovation in aging needs to bring new ideas and services to meet new social and welfare needs identified in recent years. In our environment, people ≥60 years old accounted for 20% -24% of the population in 2015, and it is expected to increase to ≥30% by 2050. For the first time in history, most people can aspire to live well beyond the age of 60. On the other hand, the Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected people ≥60 years of age and may make the welfare and health problems of this population more evident, such as unhealthy lifestyles, the risk of malnutrition, and sarcopenia (defined as loss of muscle mass, strength, and function), which leads to significant dependency and quality of life problems. In addition, older people living in urban areas have been severely affected by confinement, and new needs are being generated. To better understand the needs, an innovative element of this project is to involve the elderly-young people (60-74 years) from urban areas in the generation of solutions, which will make these solutions especially adapted to their needs. Therefore increase the adherence to the solutions created, and also the long-term sustainability of the solutions.

The objectives of this project are: To characterize the elderly (60 to 74 years) who live independently in urban areas of the province of Tarragona, to actively involve them, through a process of participatory research to generate solutions.

To achieve this goal, it is proposed to make a diagnosis of their health status (lifestyles, risk of malnutrition, and sarcopenia), and conduct focus groups including young seniors from urban areas, and stakeholders, to determine their needs, interests, and barriers for pursuing healthy lifestyles. Based on the information obtained in the diagnosis and focus groups, there will be processes for co-creating solutions based on proposed activities or changes in their immediate environment. During the co-creation process, the elderly and the 4-helix stakeholders (government, industry, university, and civil society) will be involved.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* People ≥60 years and ≤75 years,
* That they have informed consent,
* Living at home (living independently), Community-dwelling early-elderly
* That they can continue the study,
* They live in the province of Tarragona

Exclusion Criteria:

* Failure to comply with the inclusion criteria will be considered an exclusion criterion.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Risk of sarcopenia (muscle strength)
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Diagnosis of sarcopenia (muscle strength)
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Diagnosis of sarcopenia (muscle mass)
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Diagnosis of severe sarcopenia (muscle strength)
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Diagnosis of severe sarcopenia (muscle mass)
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Diagnosis of severe sarcopenia (muscle function)
timeFrame: 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Nutrition
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Physical activity
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Sleep behaviour
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Risk of malnutrition
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Weight
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: height
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: BMI
timeFrame: 1 day
Other outcomes:
measure: Age
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Gender
timeFrame: 1 day
Locations:
city: Reus
country: Spain
facility: Institut d'Investigació Sanitaria Pere i Virgili
state: Tarragona
city: Reus
country: Spain
facility: University Rovira i Virgili
state: Tarragona
Study officials:
affiliation: University Rovira i Virgili
name: Rosa Sola, Dr
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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