Stimulating Engagement in Daily and Physical Activities Among Older Adults Receiving Homecare Services (Part of Basic Care Revisited)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Community-dwelling Older Adults
• Interventions: Other: Usual care; Behavioral: Stay Active at Home

• Registration Number: NCT02904889
• Lead Sponsor: Maastricht University Medical Center

Brief Summary

Most older adults want to stay at home for as long as possible. To reach this aim it is important to maintain their mobility and self-care abilities. However, many older adults are at risk to lose their abilities, as they have an inactive lifestyle. In this study, homecare professionals learn to motivate their clients to be more active in daily and physical activities. Examples of these activities are washing and dressing, household chores or going for a walk.

The primary aim of this exploratory study is to evaluate the implementation of the 'Stay Active at Home' program (process evaluation). The secondary aim is to get insight into the potential effectiveness of the program with regard to several primary and secondary outcomes measures (effect evaluation). The tertiary aim is to test the feasibility of the proposed study design.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-09
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-13
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-19
• Status Verified: 2016-12
• Primary Completion: 2017-07
• Study Completion: 2017-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-25
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• ≥65 years
• Community-dwelling
• Indication for homecare
• ≥10 hours sedentary behaviour/day (measured with LASA vragenlijst questionnaire)
• Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Terminal
• Serious cognitive or psychological problems
• Not able to speak Dutch

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Usual care	Usual care	Second group of homecare professionals will get no training and their clients will receive usual homecare.
Stay Active at Home	Stay Active at Home	One group of homecare professionals receives a training programme. In this training they learn to motivate their clients to be more active in daily and physical activities.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Short Physical Performance Battery (older adults)	after 6 months
Groningen Activity Restriction Scale (older adults)	after 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical activity (actigraph, counts/minute, subsample older adults)	baseline, after 6 and 9 months
EQ-5D-5L (older adults)	baseline, after 6 and 9 months
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (older adults)	baseline, after 6 and 9 months
Self-efficacy and outcome expectation questionnaire (older adults and professionals)	baseline, after 6 and 9 months
Healthcare utilisation questionnaire (older adults)	baseline, after 6 and 9 months
Satisfaction with care, 1 item CQ index (older adults)	baseline, after 6 and 9 months
Falls, 1 item 'How often did you fall during the ... months?' (older adults)	baseline, after 6 and 9 months
LASA sedentary behaviour questionnaire (older adults)	baseline, after 6 and 9 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

MeanderGroep Zuid-Limburg; 🇳🇱 Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands