Can interventions that aim to promote physical activity and prevent falls be combined successfully to improve mobility and independence in older age?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Falls; Physical activity participation; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000016639
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-01-07
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

aged 60+
-living at home
-regular (weekly) use of a computer or internet-connected tablet device
-leaves the house regularly (at least once per week) without physical assistance from another person.

Exclusion Criteria

being house-bound” -cognitive impairment (a diagnosis of dementia or a Memory Impairment Screen score of less than 5) -insufficient English language skills to fully participate in the program -an inability to leave the house without physical assistance from another person -a progressive neurological disease (e.g., Parkinson’s disease) -a medical condition precluding exercise (e.g., unstable cardiac disease) -or if they already meet the Australian Physical Activity Guidelines for older adults (operationalised as 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity 5 days a week assessed using the Incidental and Planned Exercise Questionnaire and they have had a falls risk assessment in the past year and subsequently implemented fall prevention strategies as a result of the risk assessment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical activity participation, assessed over a 7-day period using the Actigraph accelerometer [Six and 12 months after randomisation];Mobility goal attainment will be assessed using the Goal Attainment Scale. [Six and 12 months after randomisation]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The proportion of people meeting physical activity guidelines of 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous physical activity (from the Actigraph) [Six and 12 months after randomisation];Quality of life will be assessed with the EQ-5D. [Six and 12 months after randomisation];Fear of falling will be assessed using the short-form Falls Efficacy Scale International [Six and 12 months after randomisation];Mood will be assessed with the positive sub-scale of the Positive and Negative Affect Scale[Six and 12 months after randomisation];Mobility disability will be assessed using the Late Life Function and Disability Index [Six and 12 months after randomisation];Falls- recorded with monthly postal calendars[12 months after randomisation]