Clinical trial NCT02744924: Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Older Adults Using Citizen-science and Modern Technology
Official title: A Community-based Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Levels in Older Adults Using Citizen-science and Modern Technology
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sedentary
Elderly
Physical Activity
Lead sponsor: University of Zurich
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-04-20
Enrollment: 29
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: To develop and implement a physical activity promotion intervention for older adults with or without chronic disease living in an urban environment.

Detailed description: The World Health organization recommends that all adults should aim for 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on at least five days of the week. The importance of physical activity for promoting heath is complicated when considering inactive older adults and chronic conditions. A problematic cycle emerges where physical inactivity increases the likelihood for developing chronic conditions, and, in turn, many chronic conditions are associated with symptoms that make physical activity more difficult.

The investigators aim to develop and implement a physical activity promotion intervention for older adults with or without chronic disease living in an urban environment that considers individual, interpersonal and environmental factors and makes use of a citizen-science approach and modern PA-monitoring devices.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 60 years or older
* Living within or \<5km from Wetzikon (Zurich area)
* Understand and speak German
* Number of repetitions in the 1-min sit-to-stand test below the 75th percentile compared to the Swiss population (age and sex-specific reference values)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Symptomatic / unstable cardiovascular disease
* Cardiac surgery within one year

Primary outcomes:
measure: Physical activity as the average daily number of steps
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Physical activity intensity
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 6 months
measure: Exercise capacity (1-minute sit-to-stand test)
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 6 months
measure: Health-related quality of life
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 6 months
measure: Symptoms of anxiety and depression
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 6 months
measure: Health status
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 6 months
measure: Perceived social support
timeFrame: Change from baseline to 6 months
Other outcomes:
measure: Exploratory outcome: Course of daily number of steps
timeFrame: Daily number of steps during the intervention period (6 months)
measure: Exploratory outcome: Social connections
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 6 months
measure: Exploratory outcome: Participant satisfaction (questionnaire, quantitative)
timeFrame: Assessed at 6 months (follow-up)
measure: Exploratory outcome: Participant satisfaction (interview, qualitative)
timeFrame: Assessed at 6 months (follow-up)
measure: Safety outcome: Adverse events
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 6 months
measure: Physiological response to walking
timeFrame: At 1 day (during the intervention period)
Locations:
city: Zurich
country: Switzerland
facility: University of Zurich
Study officials:
affiliation: EBPI, University of Zurich
name: Milo Puhan, Prof. Dr.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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