Physical Activity Intervention for Loneliness

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-04

Study Completion Date

2018-12-29

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study will be to examine the feasibility of a Physical Activity Intervention for Loneliness (PAIL) in community-dwelling older adults. The research is a feasibility study designed as a two-arm randomised controlled trial (RCT) with a wait-list control group (intervention will be offered at 12 weeks to control group).

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Detailed Description

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After an initial screening for the eligibility based on current physical activity and levels of loneliness, up to 40 eligible participants will be randomised into the experimental or control group. Participants in the intervention group will be offered a 12-week outdoor group walking and health education workshops intervention. Each session will be performed once weekly for up to 90 minutes per session. Participants in the control group will be asked to maintain their current level of physical activity. Baseline and immediate post-intervention assessments will include anthropometry (height, weight, BMI), assessment of the resting blood pressure, physical activity for a 7-day period using accelerometer, questionnaires to assess loneliness, social support, social networks, social contacts, anxiety and depression, and expected outcomes of, and barriers to, exercise. Focus groups with participants will be conducted at 4 weeks mid-point and post-intervention to assess how the intervention might be improved; focus group transcripts will be thematically analysed using a phenomenological approach.

Conditions

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Loneliness Ageing Physical Activity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This will be a two-arm randomised controlled trial (RCT) with a wait-list control group

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Computerised randomisation will be performed by an external researcher not involved in the delivery of the intervention or outcome assessment. Participants who will be assessors of their psychosocial outcomes using self-report questionnaires will be blind to the allocation concealment at the time of completing the initial questionnaires. Intervention providers who will be responsible for outcome assessments will not be blind to the intervention assignment as this would not be possible given the study and walks will be conducted by the PhD student.

Study Groups

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The experimental group

The experimental group will take part in the 12 week intervention after randomisation consisting of group walking and educational workshops performed once weekly for up to 90 minutes in total for each session.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Group walking and group educational workshops

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The experimental group will take part in 12 week intervention consisting of group walking and group educational workshops.

Group walking sessions will run once weekly for up to 45 minutes each in small groups (up to 8-9 people per group) and will be delivered by a trained walk leader once weekly for duration up to 45 minutes per session.

Group educational workshops will be delivered in the form of a group presentation once weekly for up to 45 minutes by the research team (i.e. the PhD student) on a variety of topics focused on the healthy ageing, such as eye hygiene, mental health and well-being, preventing falls, social support, nutritional guides, physical activity recommendations for older adults and other topics

The control group

The control group will be a wait-listed arm that will be offered an intervention at 12 weeks after the randomisation (the delayed intervention).

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Group walking and group educational workshops

The experimental group will take part in 12 week intervention consisting of group walking and group educational workshops.

Group walking sessions will run once weekly for up to 45 minutes each in small groups (up to 8-9 people per group) and will be delivered by a trained walk leader once weekly for duration up to 45 minutes per session.

Group educational workshops will be delivered in the form of a group presentation once weekly for up to 45 minutes by the research team (i.e. the PhD student) on a variety of topics focused on the healthy ageing, such as eye hygiene, mental health and well-being, preventing falls, social support, nutritional guides, physical activity recommendations for older adults and other topics

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years and older as defined according to the United Nations standard numerical criterion (World Health Organization, 2016);
2. previously sedentary (i.e. engaged in less than 20 minutes per week of regular physical activity for the past month and \< 125 minutes/week of moderate intensity physical activity) (Stevens et al., 1998). Moderate intensity activity that is noticeable accelerates the heart rate and is equal to approximately 3-6 metabolic equivalents (METs) (American College of Sports Medicine, 2013);
3. at risk of feeling socially isolated or lonely (indicated by a score of 6 or higher out of 9) on the 3-item loneliness scale for the phone screening by Hughes et al. (2004) (Appendix 1 - Phone-based eligibility screening form);
4. physically mobile as measured using the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) (Guralnik et al., 1994) with a score ≥ 9 out of 12 (Pahor et al., 2014);
5. healthy or having one or more common chronic diseases but ambulatory;
6. without a cognitive disability as assessed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) (Nasreddine et al., 2005) with a score ≥ 22 out of 30 (Freitas et al., 2013);
7. able to give written informed consent;
8. English speaking and able to complete paper and pencil questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria

1. not community-dwelling older adults 60 years or over;
2. not previously sedentary;
3. currently taking part in another physical activity intervention;
4. not at risk for feeling socially isolated or lonely (i.e. score of less than 6 (out of 9) on the 3-item loneliness scale for the phone screening by Hughes et al., (2004);
5. moderate to severe cognitive disability or clinical diagnosis of dementia;
6. physical disability (i.e. SPPB score less than 9);
7. severe frailty or any chronic health condition that precludes participation in the physical activity intervention and significantly limits the physical mobility of the participant (i.e. hospital settings/ non-ambulatory regime);
8. cognitive disability (i.e. less than 14 points on MOCA);
9. not able to give written informed consent;
10. not English speaking that precludes taking pen and paper tests.

Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes