Promoting Physical Activity Among Older Women Living in Socio-economically Disadvantaged Areas

NCT ID: NCT02880449

Last Updated: 2017-08-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2017-04-30

Brief Summary

The aim of the project is pilot an intervention to promote physical activity (PA) among older women.

Participants will be women aged ≥50 years attending an identified community centre situated in a socioeconomically deprived area of Belfast. The intervention consists of education, social support and information on local opportunities for physical activity (PA), based on Social Practice Theory. A stepped wedge design shall be used. The intervention was developed using findings from a literature review, systematic review and interviews with stakeholders. Outcome measures are accelerometer data, self-reported PA, a mental health questionnaire and qualitative interviews.

Detailed Description

Participants will be recruited from previously established older women's community groups. The intervention will utilize existing weekly community group sessions. A stepped wedge design, with a delayed intervention, shall be used to allow a randomised controlled trial to be conducted and to control for seasonal weather effects on PA levels. Two community groups from each centre shall be identified. One group from each centre shall receive the intervention from week one for 6 weeks; the second group shall receive the control condition from week one for 6 weeks and then receive the intervention at week 7 for 6 weeks. The intervention will consist of three educational sessions, encouragement to enlist the support of a partner or 'buddy' (e.g. a spouse, partner or friend), an information pack (containing information on the local area, walking routes, points of interest) and the option of weekly telephone contact. At each weekly meeting, participants will be given the opportunity to discuss their progress and share feedback with the rest of the group to gain peer social support. The intervention was developed using findings from a literature review, systematic review and interviews with stakeholders. The intervention is underpinned by constructs from the Social Practice Theory, a model that facilities behaviour change through the three elements of: materials (information on the local area, telephone calls, interactive group sessions), meanings (benefits of increasing PA, improving physical health and mental well-being) and competencies (encouragement to seek social support, knowledge of how to increase PA, knowledge of the local area).

Conditions

Physical Activity; Health Behaviour

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Intervention

The intervention will be conducted in pre-existing older women's groups based in community centres. The intervention will consist of three educational sessions, encouragement to enlist the support of a partner or 'buddy' (e.g. a spouse, partner or friend), an information pack (containing information on the local area, walking routes, points of interest) and the option of weekly telephone contact. Participants will be given the opportunity to discuss their progress and share feedback with the rest of the group at weekly meetings.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

A PA promoting intervention which provides education, social support and information about local opportunities for PA to pre-existing groups of older women living in socio-economically disadvantaged areas

Control

Due to the stepped wedge design of the study, one group in each centre will not receive the intervention procedure detailed above until week seven. The control groups shall be given information about the study at baseline and informed that they will receive the intervention 6 weeks later.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Intervention

A PA promoting intervention which provides education, social support and information about local opportunities for PA to pre-existing groups of older women living in socio-economically disadvantaged areas

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Females
• Aged over 50 years
• Member of women's community centres in an area of socioeconomic deprivation

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Minimum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Queen's University, Belfast

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr Mark Tully

Lecturer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast

Belfast, , United Kingdom

Countries

United Kingdom

References

Lawlor ER, Cupples ME, Donnelly M, Tully MA. Promoting physical activity among community groups of older women in socio-economically disadvantaged areas: randomised feasibility study. Trials. 2019 Apr 25;20(1):234. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3312-9.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 31023329 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

16.38

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id