Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity

Overview

PREFER II aims at developing psychological targeted theory- and evidence-based intervention components, which support older people with multiple illnesses in performing more physical activity. Many studies provide evidence for the importance of physical activity as a central mediator of health. This means that determinants of physical activity such as personal resources constitute an ideal target for interventions. Within PREFER II, particularly positive views on ageing, attitudes, self-efficacy, planning and self-monitoring will be targeted in the interventions. These factors are important both for motivating older people with multiple illnesses to change their health behaviors and to translate such motivation into behavior.

Full Title of Study: “Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity: Fortification of Effective Health Behaviour”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: August 2013

Interventions

  • Behavioral: Social-cognitive resource intervention
    • Intervention group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and physical activity.
  • Behavioral: Social-cognitive resource intervention
    • Active control group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and volunteering.
  • Behavioral: no intervention
    • Passive control group that receives no intervention until the 8.5 months follow-up. Subsequently, they receive the information by mail the active groups received within the intervention.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Intervention to enhance physical activity
    • Participants in this arm have high motivation to be regularly physically active. Face-to-face group intervention includes behavior change techniques to enhance physical activity.
  • Active Comparator: Active control intervention
    • Face-to-face group intervention includes behavior change techniques to enhance volunteering and improve attitudes towards volunteering.
  • Other: Passive control intervention
    • Waiting-list control group, who receives all information (that the active groups got) via mail after completion of 8.5 months follow-up.

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Change in physical activity
    • Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Secondary Measures

  • Change in quality of Life
    • Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months
  • Change in self-reported perceived autonomy
    • Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • 64 years or older – community-residing Exclusion Criteria:

  • regularly exercising

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 64 Years

Maximum Age: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • German Centre of Gerontology
  • Collaborator
    • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Clemens Tesch-Römer, Prof. Dr., Study Chair, German Centre of Gerontology
    • Ralf Schwarzer, Prof. Dr., Study Chair, Freie Universität Berlin

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