A Feasibility Study of a Mobile Application Intervention to Promote Strength and Balance Exercises in Older People
NCT ID: NCT02916849
Last Updated: 2017-12-15
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
69 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-09-30
2017-03-31
Brief Summary
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The participants in three of the arms (OEP, Safe Step, and Safe Step with mentors) will be recruited through advertisements in local papers and through posters and meetings at senior citizens organisations. In the fourth and fifth arms (OEP and Safe Step) the participants will be recruited from health care centres and their registered professionals with experience of greens prescriptions (Fysisk aktivitet på recept). All five groups, with at least 10 participants in each, will be exercising for four months and will undergo testing at baseline, after two and four months and they will be asked to keep an exercise diary (digital or paper format) during the intervention.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Safe Step - Health Care Centre
Participants will be recruited informed and asked for participation in the study by health care professionals. If included in the study, and choosing the Safe Step exercise program as intervention, participants will be given a green prescription for exercise using the application Safe Step. After an introduction meeting in small groups and pre-assessments the participants will create an individual exercise programme containing ten balance and leg strengthening exercises in the application. During the four month intervention the participants will create weekly exercise plan, keep a digital exercise diary, and receive motivational feed-back within the system. The participants will be recommended to exercise at least three times per week and for at least 30 minutes at a time.
Safe Step
Strength and balance exercise-digital version
OEP - Health Care Centre
Participants will be recruited informed and asked for participation in the study by health care professionals. If included in the study, and choosing the Otago Exercise Program as intervention in the study participants will be given a green prescription for exercise with the Otago Home Exercise Programme-booklet. After an introduction meeting in small groups and pre-assessments the participants will create an individual exercise programme containing ten balance and leg strengthening exercises using the booklet for guidance. During the four month intervention the participants will keep a paper-based exercise diary that will be sent to the researchers on a monthly basis. The participants will be recommended to exercise at least three times per week and for at least 30 minutes at a time.
OEP
Strength and balance exercise -paper version
Safe Step - Advertising
Participants are recruited through meetings at senior citizens organisations and interviewed by telephone for background data and choice of intervention before inclusion. After an introduction meeting in small groups and pre-assessments the participants will create an individual exercise programme containing ten balance and leg strengthening exercises in the Safe Step application. During the four month intervention the participants will create weekly exercise plan, keep a digital exercise diary, and receive motivational feed-back within the system. The participants will be recommended to exercise at least three times per week and for at least 30 minutes at a time
Safe Step
Strength and balance exercise-digital version
Safe Step mentors- Advertising
This arm is exactly the same as the Safe Step Advertising group except the participants will be invited to attend group meetings with peer mentors, once a month during the intervention. The peer mentors are older adults earlier involved in the research project . They will act as role models and encourage the participants throughout the four months of exercise.
Safe Step
Strength and balance exercise-digital version
OEP - Advertising
Participants are recruited through meetings at senior citizens organisations and interviewed by telephone for background data and choice of intervention before inclusion. After an introduction meeting in small groups and pre-assessments the participants will create an individual exercise programme containing ten balance and leg strengthening exercises using the Otago booklet for guidance. During the four month intervention the participants will keep a paper-based exercise diary that will be sent to the researchers on a monthly basis. The participants will be recommended to exercise at least three times per week and for at least 30 minutes at a time.
OEP
Strength and balance exercise -paper version
Interventions
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Safe Step
Strength and balance exercise-digital version
OEP
Strength and balance exercise -paper version
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Able to rise from a high chair
* Able to stand without support
* Experience an impaired balance
Exclusion Criteria
* Dementia diagnosis
* Intense exercising more than 3 hours / week
70 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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The Swedish Research Council
OTHER_GOV
Forte
INDUSTRY
Glasgow Caledonian University
OTHER
Umeå University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Marlene Sandlund
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigators
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Marlene Sandlund, Ass. Prof.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Department of Community Medicin and Rehabilitation, 90187 Umeå University, Swewn
Locations
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Caring Science Buildning, Umeå University
Umeå, , Sweden
Countries
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References
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Pettersson B, Janols R, Wiklund M, Lundin-Olsson L, Sandlund M. Older Adults' Experiences of Behavior Change Support in a Digital Fall Prevention Exercise Program: Qualitative Study Framed by the Self-determination Theory. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Jul 30;23(7):e26235. doi: 10.2196/26235.
Mansson L, Lundin-Olsson L, Skelton DA, Janols R, Lindgren H, Rosendahl E, Sandlund M. Older adults' preferences for, adherence to and experiences of two self-management falls prevention home exercise programmes: a comparison between a digital programme and a paper booklet. BMC Geriatr. 2020 Jun 15;20(1):209. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01592-x.
Other Identifiers
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SafeStep
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id