Earlier Elderly People in Rural Areas

NCT ID: NCT05273502

Last Updated: 2022-03-31

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 176 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-12-30

Brief Summary

Social innovation in aging needs to bring new ideas and services to meet new social and welfare needs identified in recent years. In our environment, people ≥60 years old accounted for 20% -24% of the population in 2015, and it is expected to increase to ≥30% by 2050. Older people living in rural areas have been severely affected by confinement, and new needs are being generated. To better understand the needs, an innovative element of this project is to involve the elderly-young people (60-74 years) from rural areas in the generation of solutions, which will make these solutions especially adapted to their needs. It also aims to study the effectiveness of a health education intervention based on participatory research, where young seniors co-create and implement the intervention among their peers, and focused on improving lifestyles, to prevent or to improve sarcopenia.

The objectives of this project are: To characterize the elderly (60 to 74 years) who live independently in rural areas of the province of Tarragona, to actively involve them, through a process of participatory research to generate solutions.

To achieve this goal, it is proposed to make a diagnosis of their health status (lifestyles, risk of malnutrition and sarcopenia), and conduct group interviews (focus groups) including earlier elderly people from rural areas. In addition, participants will receive the intervention co-created by themselves, and the effectiveness of the intervention created will be evaluated.

Detailed Description

Social innovation in aging needs to bring new ideas and services to meet new social and welfare needs identified in recent years. In our environment, people ≥60 years old accounted for 20% -24% of the population in 2015, and it is expected to increase to ≥30% by 2050. For the first time in history, most people can aspire to live well beyond the age of 60. On the other hand, the Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected people ≥60 years of age, and may make the welfare and health problems of this population more evident, such as unhealthy lifestyles, the risk of malnutrition, and sarcopenia (defined as loss of muscle mass, strength, and function), which leads to significant dependency and quality of life problems. In addition, older people living in rural areas have been severely affected by confinement, and new needs are being generated. To better understand the needs, an innovative element of this project is to involve the elderly-young people (60-74 years) from rural areas in the generation of solutions, which will make these solutions especially adapted to their needs. Therefore increase the adherence to the solutions created, and also the long-term sustainability of the solutions. It also aims to study the effectiveness of a health education intervention based on participatory research, where young seniors co-create and implement the intervention among their peers, and focused on improving lifestyles, to prevent or to improve sarcopenia.

The objectives of this project are: To characterize the elderly (60 to 74 years) who live independently in rural areas of the province of Tarragona, to actively involve them, through a process of participatory research to generate solutions.

To achieve this goal, it is proposed to make a diagnosis of their health status (lifestyles, risk of malnutrition and sarcopenia), and conduct group interviews (focus groups) including earlier elderly people from rural areas, and the sectors involved, to determine their needs, interests, and barriers to pursuing healthy lifestyles. Based on the information obtained in the diagnosis and group interviews, there will be processes for co-creating solutions based on proposed activities or changes in their immediate environment. During the co-creation process, the elderly and the sectors involved in the 4-helix (government, industry, university, and civil society) will be involved. In addition, participants will receive the intervention co-created by themselves, and the effectiveness of the intervention created will be evaluated.

Conditions

Health Behavior; Sarcopenia; Nutrition; Sleep; Physical Activity; Lifestyle, Healthy

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Citizen Science Behavioral Intervention

The intervention group (IG) participants will receive the whole citizen science intervention of the project, and participants will be assessed at baseline and end-of-study.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Citizen Science intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Intervention generated by a participatory research process (co-creation) in the elderly population living in rural areas to co-create solutions to improve their lifestyles, quality of life and health.

Control group

The controls group (CG) participants will not receive any kind of intervention, and participants will only be assessed at baseline and end-of-study.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Citizen Science intervention

Intervention generated by a participatory research process (co-creation) in the elderly population living in rural areas to co-create solutions to improve their lifestyles, quality of life and health.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• People ≥60 years and ≤74 years,
• That they have informed consent,
• Living at home (living independently), Community-dwelling early-elderly
• That they can continue the study,
• They live in the province of Tarragona.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 74 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University Rovira i Virgili

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Rosa Sola

MD, PhD. Full professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University Rovira i Virgili

Reus, Tarragona, Spain

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Spain

Central Contacts

Rosa Solà, Dr

Role: CONTACT

rosa.sola@urv.cat

0034 977759369

Lucia Tarro, Dr

Role: CONTACT

lucia.tarro@urv.cat

0034 977758920

Facility Contacts

Rosa Solà, Dr

Role: primary

rosa.sola@urv.cat

636 944 723 ext. 0034

Other Identifiers

Earlier-Elderly Rural People

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id