Healthy Living Programme for Older Adults
- Conditions
- Frail Older Adults
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Healthy Living Programme
- Registration Number
- NCT02904174
- Lead Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Brief Summary
Malnutrition, risk of falls and medication incidents are commonly faced by the older adults. This study aimed to provide health education to community-dwelling older adults and to assess the effectiveness of a Healthy Living Program (HLP) to older adults in terms of fall prevention, drug management and healthy eating habits.
- Detailed Description
This was a single group pre-post trial. Participants aged 60 or above were recruited from the community elderly centres. A 6-week HLP, which included one 45 minutes weekly session, was offered to the participants.
122 participants were recruited. This study shows that the 6-week HLP has a potential to improve the physical well-being of the participants, and to increase their knowledge in diet, drug management and fall prevention.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 122
- able to communicate and understand Cantonese
- > 1 in frailty score
- members of the Pentecostal Church of Hong Kong
- nil
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Healthy Living Programme Healthy Living Programme 6 weeks program, with 45 minutes weekly session over 6 weeks.Week 1 \& 2 focused on healthy eating habits including food pyramid, balanced diet for the elderly, food labels, healthy snacks and healthy eating out. Week 3 \& 4 were about fall prevention, which included risk factors and complications of fall among older adults, preventive measures, strengthening exercises and aerobic dance. Week 5 \& 6 focused on drug management, such as knowledge on commonly used drugs, drug storage, use of analgesics and non-pharmacological pain relief strategies.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in subjective happiness level Baseline, Week 6 Measured by Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS), which consisted of 4 statements answered on a 7-point Likert scale. Scores for each statement range from 1 to 7 and the scores from the four statements were added, thus the possible range of scores on the SHS is 4 to 28. Higher scores reflect higher levels of subjective happiness.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in knowledge in drug management Baseline, Week 6 Measured by self-developed questionnaire. Range of score is 0-10, with higher score indicates having more knowledge.
Change in frailty status Baseline, Week 6 Measured by the FRAIL scale, which includes five items: fatigue, resistance, ambulation, illness, and loss of weight. The FRAIL scale ranges from 0-5, with a score of 0 regards as normal, 1-2 as pre-frail and 3-5 as frail.
Change in knowledge in fall prevention Baseline, Week 6 Measured by self-developed questionnaire. Range of score is 0-5, with higher score indicates having more knowledge.
Change in knowledge in healthy eating habits Baseline, Week 6 Measured by self-developed questionnaire. Range of score is 0-12, with higher score indicates having more knowledge.
Change in pain intensity Baseline, Week 6 Measured using the numerical rating scale, to assess the presence and intensity of pain among participants, which was presented with 0 referring to no pain and 10 referring to the worst pain imaginable
Change in Generalized pain self-efficacy beliefs Baseline, Week 6 Measured by the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. It consists of 10 statements, and participants were asked to rate their confidence in performing 10 activities or tasks despite experiencing pain, on a 7-point scale.
Change in functional mobility Baseline, Week 6 Measured by Timed Up and Go Test. The participants were required to walk a distance of three meters, turn, walk back to the chair and sit down.
Change in hand grip strength Baseline, Week 6 Measured using a dynamometer. Participants were seated with arms by the trunk, the elbow flexed to 90 and in a neutral position, and the wrist in slight extension. Participants were told to squeeze the dynamometer as hard as they could