Volunteering, access to Outdoor activities and Wellbeing in older people

Completed

• Conditions: Mobility limitation, participation restriction; Signs and Symptoms; Mobility limitation

• Registration Number: ISRCTN56847832
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Jyvaskylä (Finland)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-10-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

1. Older community living people
2. Severe mobility limitation with difficulty in accessing the outdoors
3. Recruited through the municipal home services of the city of Jyväskylä (also, in some cases family members contact for recruitment)
4. Aged 70+ years, either sex
5. Consent to participate
6. Sufficient cognitive capacity to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe memory loss
2. Completely unable to walk

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social and environmental domains of QoL, measured with World Health Organization Quality of Life-brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) assessed at the end of the three month intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessed at the end of the three month intervention:<br>1. Loneliness and perceived social support (Social Provision Scale)<br>2. Depressiveness (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale [CES-D])<br>3. Life satisfaction (Life Satisfaction Index Z)<br>4. Mobility limitation and physiological impairment (validated at-home tests and self-report methods)<br>5. Self-perceptions of health and functional abilities, motives for and barriers to physical activity, level of physical activity, social relationships and networks and other relevant life-style and health dimensions (validated questionnaires)