Multilevel Intervention for Physical Activity in Retirement Communities
NCT ID: NCT01155011
Last Updated: 2017-08-31
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COMPLETED
NA
307 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2011-01-31
2014-07-31
Brief Summary
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Sedentary residents (N=307) in 11 CCRCs received the multilevel MIPARC intervention or a control health education program for 6 months. A group randomized control design was employed with site as the unit of randomization. The intervention was delivered through group sessions, phone calls, printed materials, tailored signage and mapping and targeted peer led advocacy efforts.
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Detailed Description
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As most Continuing Care Retirement Communities have management structures that provide the opportunity to improve the social and built environments for physical activity and walking, this study also aims to train participants on how to advocate for improvements in the environment that would improve walkability.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
TRIPLE
Study Groups
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MIPARC intervention
Eleven Continuing Care Retirement Communities were randomized to either the MIPARC intervention or an attention-control condition. The intervention focused on increasing light to moderate PA.
The MIPARC study intervenes on four levels: individual (pedometer self monitoring, educational materials and monthly counseling calls, support), interpersonal (monthly group educational sessions and peer mentoring), environment (walking signage prompts, tailored environmental resources, step counts)and policies (review of on-site activity opportunities and walkability, recommendations for policy change and peer led advocacy)to increase the activity levels of residents.
For the first 3 months, intervention participants will engage in either a group educational session, phone counseling call, or a peer led session, on a rotating basis.
Physical Activity
MIPARC will focus on 3 physical activity goals:
1. increasing walking behavior through gradually increasing step goals
2. increasing attendance at available on-site and local aerobic, strength and flexibility classes, as well as prompting stair use,
3. reducing sedentary behavior. Participants will monitor their steps with a pedometer, daily step logs and progress charts. All participants will have a gradually increasing fixed step goal for each week that will result in an total increase of 3000 steps after 3 months, which they will be supported to maintain for an additional 3 months.
Group educational sessions
Every three weeks, participants will be required to attend a group education session, where researchers will teach behavior change strategies and allow participants to share their experiences and offer support to each other. The group sessions will follow a common format including: a group exercise (e.g. quiz), group discussion of use of behavior change strategies (e.g. overcoming barriers), and will end with a behavior change strategy instruction and goal setting component.
Phone counseling call
To support a tailored intervention delivery, participants will receive 4 individual phone calls (in weeks 2, 5, 8, and 11) from a trained health counselor. The phone call will follow the following format:
1. health check
2. step goal check
3. barrier identification
4. problem solving
5. specific goals to achieve target step counts. Counselors will prompt participants to report any adverse events, illnesses, medication changes or counter indicative symptoms. The calls will cease during the second 3 months to allow participants to practice self help techniques while still supported by the group sessions and peer mentoring.
Peer Mentoring
Three peer mentors at each CCRC will be trained in intervention content and delivery, measurement support, and advocacy. The peer mentors will lead a group session once every three weeks for the 6 month intervention period and once a month for the following 6 months. The peer mentors will formulate their own ideas for these sessions but we will suggest they include group walks, group activities and trips to active locations, etc.
The peers will help study staff to answer questions from participants and assist with study compliance and retention. They will also receive advocacy training from a non-profit advocacy organization to conduct walk audits of their CCRC and help mobilize participants to make changes to their community that will increase or improve the opportunities for physical activity.
Policy Change
In order to increase the sustainability of the project, MIPARC will focus on addressing on-site policies and neighborhood factors that are barriers to physical activity. Peers and staff will conduct site inspections to identify these barriers (e.g. lack of facilities, limited opening hours, unsafe sidewalks, etc.) which will be prioritized and presented to CCRC management and community officials.
Support
A binder of professionally prepared materials will be provided at the beginning of the intervention and are referred to by researchers in the group sessions and phone counseling calls. The materials provide important information to encourage knowledge, self efficacy and realistic expectations.
Tailored environmental resources
Participants will be provided with a set of printed materials relating to the residential and neighborhood environment of their CCRC. A list of step counts for key indoor routes will be provided as well as safe walking route maps for the site an local neighborhood.
Health Education Control
The control group received an active health education intervention. The education curriculum will involve both lectures and mailed materials. The lectures were delivered to match the MIPARC intervention schedule. Sessions included information on general health and healthy aging. Physical activity was not discussed in these sessions but participants received information on the benefits of PA. Control participants also received health check phone calls to match the individual attention paid to participants in the MIPARC intervention sites.
Group educational sessions
Lectures will be delivered every three weeks to match the MIPARC intervention schedule. Sessions will include topics such as medications, foot care and nutrition. Physical activity will not e discussed in these sessions but participants will receive informational pamphlets on the benefits of physical activity.
Health check phone call
For the first 3 months, control participants will also receive a health check phone call to match the individual attention paid to participants in the MIPARC sites.
Pedometer
Participants will also keep the pedometer they wear during the baseline measurement week to satisfy any curiosity about the devices and the step entry criteria. They will be given instructions on its use but will not be taught the benefits of self-monitoring.
Interventions
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Physical Activity
MIPARC will focus on 3 physical activity goals:
1. increasing walking behavior through gradually increasing step goals
2. increasing attendance at available on-site and local aerobic, strength and flexibility classes, as well as prompting stair use,
3. reducing sedentary behavior. Participants will monitor their steps with a pedometer, daily step logs and progress charts. All participants will have a gradually increasing fixed step goal for each week that will result in an total increase of 3000 steps after 3 months, which they will be supported to maintain for an additional 3 months.
Group educational sessions
Every three weeks, participants will be required to attend a group education session, where researchers will teach behavior change strategies and allow participants to share their experiences and offer support to each other. The group sessions will follow a common format including: a group exercise (e.g. quiz), group discussion of use of behavior change strategies (e.g. overcoming barriers), and will end with a behavior change strategy instruction and goal setting component.
Phone counseling call
To support a tailored intervention delivery, participants will receive 4 individual phone calls (in weeks 2, 5, 8, and 11) from a trained health counselor. The phone call will follow the following format:
1. health check
2. step goal check
3. barrier identification
4. problem solving
5. specific goals to achieve target step counts. Counselors will prompt participants to report any adverse events, illnesses, medication changes or counter indicative symptoms. The calls will cease during the second 3 months to allow participants to practice self help techniques while still supported by the group sessions and peer mentoring.
Peer Mentoring
Three peer mentors at each CCRC will be trained in intervention content and delivery, measurement support, and advocacy. The peer mentors will lead a group session once every three weeks for the 6 month intervention period and once a month for the following 6 months. The peer mentors will formulate their own ideas for these sessions but we will suggest they include group walks, group activities and trips to active locations, etc.
The peers will help study staff to answer questions from participants and assist with study compliance and retention. They will also receive advocacy training from a non-profit advocacy organization to conduct walk audits of their CCRC and help mobilize participants to make changes to their community that will increase or improve the opportunities for physical activity.
Policy Change
In order to increase the sustainability of the project, MIPARC will focus on addressing on-site policies and neighborhood factors that are barriers to physical activity. Peers and staff will conduct site inspections to identify these barriers (e.g. lack of facilities, limited opening hours, unsafe sidewalks, etc.) which will be prioritized and presented to CCRC management and community officials.
Support
A binder of professionally prepared materials will be provided at the beginning of the intervention and are referred to by researchers in the group sessions and phone counseling calls. The materials provide important information to encourage knowledge, self efficacy and realistic expectations.
Tailored environmental resources
Participants will be provided with a set of printed materials relating to the residential and neighborhood environment of their CCRC. A list of step counts for key indoor routes will be provided as well as safe walking route maps for the site an local neighborhood.
Group educational sessions
Lectures will be delivered every three weeks to match the MIPARC intervention schedule. Sessions will include topics such as medications, foot care and nutrition. Physical activity will not e discussed in these sessions but participants will receive informational pamphlets on the benefits of physical activity.
Health check phone call
For the first 3 months, control participants will also receive a health check phone call to match the individual attention paid to participants in the MIPARC sites.
Pedometer
Participants will also keep the pedometer they wear during the baseline measurement week to satisfy any curiosity about the devices and the step entry criteria. They will be given instructions on its use but will not be taught the benefits of self-monitoring.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Able to walk 20 meters independently (without human assistance, can use cane/walker)
* Able to speak and read in English
* No cognitive, vision or hearing impairments that would prevent provision of informed consent, comprehension of instructions, completion of surveys and participation in phone conversations
* Able to complete the Timed Up and Go Test to assess falls risk within 30 seconds
* Live within the selected retirement community (facility-dwelling) Able to hold brief conversation over the telephone.
* Will be in San Diego for the duration of the study
* Provision of consent to participate
* Willing to wear a pedometer, accelerometer and GPS device
* Willing to complete all surveys and attend weekly meetings
* No history of falls in previous that resulted in an injury or hospitalization in the past 12 months
* Physician clearance to participate
Exclusion Criteria
* Inability to complete assessments
* Lack of written physician consent to participate in unsupervised light-to-moderate intensity walking
* Inability to speak and read English
65 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIH
University of California, San Diego
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Jacqueline Kerr
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Principal Investigators
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Jacqueline Kerr, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of California, San Diego
Locations
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University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California, United States
Countries
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References
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Rosenberg D, Kerr J, Sallis JF, Patrick K, Moore DJ, King A. Feasibility and outcomes of a multilevel place-based walking intervention for seniors: a pilot study. Health Place. 2009 Mar;15(1):173-9. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.03.010. Epub 2008 Apr 8.
Kerr J, Rosenberg DE, Nathan A, Millstein RA, Carlson JA, Crist K, Wasilenko K, Bolling K, Castro CM, Buchner DM, Marshall SJ. Applying the ecological model of behavior change to a physical activity trial in retirement communities: description of the study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2012 Nov;33(6):1180-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.08.005. Epub 2012 Aug 17.
Bellettiere J, Carlson JA, Rosenberg D, Singhania A, Natarajan L, Berardi V, LaCroix AZ, Sears DD, Moran K, Crist K, Kerr J. Gender and Age Differences in Hourly and Daily Patterns of Sedentary Time in Older Adults Living in Retirement Communities. PLoS One. 2015 Aug 21;10(8):e0136161. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136161. eCollection 2015.
Kerr J, Marshall SJ, Patterson RE, Marinac CR, Natarajan L, Rosenberg D, Wasilenko K, Crist K. Objectively measured physical activity is related to cognitive function in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Nov;61(11):1927-31. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12524.
Marshall S, Kerr J, Carlson J, Cadmus-Bertram L, Patterson R, Wasilenko K, Crist K, Rosenberg D, Natarajan L. Patterns of Weekday and Weekend Sedentary Behavior Among Older Adults. J Aging Phys Act. 2015 Oct;23(4):534-41. doi: 10.1123/japa.2013-0208. Epub 2014 Nov 21.
Rosenberg DE, Bellettiere J, Gardiner PA, Villarreal VN, Crist K, Kerr J. Independent Associations Between Sedentary Behaviors and Mental, Cognitive, Physical, and Functional Health Among Older Adults in Retirement Communities. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2016 Jan;71(1):78-83. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glv103. Epub 2015 Aug 13.
Takemoto M, Carlson JA, Moran K, Godbole S, Crist K, Kerr J. Relationship between Objectively Measured Transportation Behaviors and Health Characteristics in Older Adults. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Oct 30;12(11):13923-37. doi: 10.3390/ijerph121113923.
Kerr J, Rosenberg D, Millstein RA, Bolling K, Crist K, Takemoto M, Godbole S, Moran K, Natarajan L, Castro-Sweet C, Buchner D. Cluster randomized controlled trial of a multilevel physical activity intervention for older adults. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2018 Apr 2;15(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s12966-018-0658-4.
Other Identifiers
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3134795
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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