Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Multimorbidity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Social-cognitive resource intervention; Behavioral: no intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01577134
• Lead Sponsor: German Centre of Gerontology

Brief Summary

PREFER II aims at developing psychological targeted theory- and evidence-based intervention components, which support older people with multiple illnesses in performing more physical activity. Many studies provide evidence for the importance of physical activity as a central mediator of health. This means that determinants of physical activity such as personal resources constitute an ideal target for interventions.

Within PREFER II, particularly positive views on ageing, attitudes, self-efficacy, planning and self-monitoring will be targeted in the interventions. These factors are important both for motivating older people with multiple illnesses to change their health behaviors and to translate such motivation into behavior.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-03-19
• Study Start: 2012-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-04-12
• Study First Posted: 2012-04-13
• Primary Completion: 2013-08
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 2015-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 310

Inclusion Criteria

• 64 years or older
• community-residing

Exclusion Criteria

• regularly exercising

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Active control intervention	Social-cognitive resource intervention	Face-to-face group intervention includes behavior change techniques to enhance volunteering and improve attitudes towards volunteering.
Passive control intervention	no intervention	Waiting-list control group, who receives all information (that the active groups got) via mail after completion of 8.5 months follow-up.
Intervention to enhance physical activity	Social-cognitive resource intervention	Participants in this arm have high motivation to be regularly physically active. Face-to-face group intervention includes behavior change techniques to enhance physical activity.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in physical activity	Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in quality of Life	Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months
Change in self-reported perceived autonomy	Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

German Centre of Gerontology; 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany