Lifestyle-related Early Detection and Intervention for Older Adults & Elderly at Risk for Metabolic Syndrome
NCT ID: NCT05031299
Last Updated: 2021-09-01
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
960 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-03-01
2022-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Early prevention measures especially for elderly at high risk of chronic conditions, such as prediabetics or obese, include structured lifestyle change programs that help people achieve and sustain changes in dietary and physical activity habits.
It is well established that MetS prevalence, as well as its individual components (high blood pressure, high glucose, central adiposity) increase with age. Notably, MetS percentages in the age group 50-55 years old and older is almost 2-3 times higher than in the younger age groups, probably due to a life time accumulation of adversities including overnutrition, a sedentary lifestyle, obesity and dyslipidemia, changes in the hormones, untreated hypertension, changes of the functioning of beta cells and other environmental and physiological factors.
Therefore, it is important to target not only elderly citizens, but rather older adults aged ≥55 years old as the optimum target group for a MetS prevention intervention.
In GATEKEEPER intervention, Big Data Analytics techniques will be exploited to address risk stratification and early detection, based on lifestyles analysis including: pattern recognition for the improvement of public health surveillance and for the early detection of chronic conditions; data mining for inductive reasoning and exploratory data analysis; Cluster Analysis for identifying high-risk groups among elder citizens. In the above cases timely intervention is provided by through AI-based, digital coaches, structured conversations, consultation and education. The main target group (N=960) is older adults and elderly citizens with risk factors for MetS and their carers. Therefore, the GATEKEEPER intervention aims at primary (avoid occurrence of disease) and secondary (early detection and management) prevention of the ageing population at risk for MetS.
960 older adults and elderly citizens (aged \>=55 years old) with risk factors for MetS as well as their carers (n=40) will be recruited and will be randomized to either: i) the intervention group 1 (n=320), who will be provided with the standard care plus a lifestyle application to promote self-management, increase health literacy and awareness through a digital coach, ii) the intervention group 2 (n=320), who will be provided with the standard care, the lifestyle application and additionally digital tools and wearables, such as a smart tracker and weight scale, or iii) the control group (n=320), who will only receive standard care, as provided by the local and national healthcare system as well as one face-to-face counselling session for lifestyle modification to improve their risk factors.
The participants will be followed up for a total duration of 3 months, when they will be re-evaluated to assess whether their risk factors were improved through the lifestyle intervention.
The users will be recruited at local community centres, such as the "Open Day Elderly Centres", health centres, private offices of health care professionals, hospitals etc. upon written informed consent form.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Control group (Standard care)
Participants in the control group will receive only the standard care as provided by the local and national healthcare system as well as one face-to-face counselling session for lifestyle modification to improve their risk factors for 3 months.
Standard care
Participants will receive only the standard care as provided by the local and national healthcare system as well as one face-to-face counselling session for lifestyle modification to improve their risk factors.
Intervention group 1 (Application)
Participants will will be additionally provided with a health-promotion application for self-management for 3 months.
Health-promotion application for self-management
Participants will be provided with a health-promotion application for self-management for 3 months, additionally to the standard care.
Intervention group 2 (Devices)
Participants will be additionally provided with wearables and devices for 3 months including:
* A weighing scale (assessing also body composition) device
* A smartwatch/wristband to assess physical activity but also sleep pattern.
Wearables and devices
Participants will be provided with wearables and devices, including a weighing scale (assessing also body composition) device and a smartwatch/wristband to assess physical activity but also sleep pattern, for 3 months, additionally to the standard care and the Health-promotion application.
Interventions
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Standard care
Participants will receive only the standard care as provided by the local and national healthcare system as well as one face-to-face counselling session for lifestyle modification to improve their risk factors.
Health-promotion application for self-management
Participants will be provided with a health-promotion application for self-management for 3 months, additionally to the standard care.
Wearables and devices
Participants will be provided with wearables and devices, including a weighing scale (assessing also body composition) device and a smartwatch/wristband to assess physical activity but also sleep pattern, for 3 months, additionally to the standard care and the Health-promotion application.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Having any of the following risk factors for MetS:
* waist circumference \>94 cm for men and \>80 cm for women
* Triglycerides (TG) ≥150 mg/dL
* High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) \<40 mg/dL for men and \<50 mg/dL for women
* Fasting glucose ≥100 mg/dL
* Blood pressure ≥130 /≥85 mm Hg
* Living at home (either alone or with relatives)
* Informed consent form provided
Exclusion Criteria
* Having dementia or cognitive impairment
* Being institutionalised
* Participation in another research project
55 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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CitiesNet
UNKNOWN
University of Thessaly
OTHER
University of Patras
OTHER
BioAssist
UNKNOWN
University of Ioannina
OTHER
Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH)
UNKNOWN
Harokopio University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Yannis Manios
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Odysseas Androutsos, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Thessaly
Locations
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Harokopio University of Athens
Kallithea, Attica, Greece
University of Thessaly
Trikala, , Greece
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Other Identifiers
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857223
Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT
Identifier Source: secondary_id
488
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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