Lifestyle Matters: An Occupational Approach Towards Health and Well-being in Later Life

Mental Health Wellness 1 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Lifestyle Matters: An Occupational Approach Towards Health and Well-being in Later Life

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03054311
• Other study ID #: 2006/01/GM
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 19, 2017
• Last updated: February 10, 2017
• Start date: January 2004
• Est. completion date: July 2006

Study information

• Verified date: February 2017
• Source: University of Sheffield
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Lifestyle Matters is an occupational approach to healthy ageing, which helps older people to get the most out of life. The intervention is based on an American model of health promotion called Lifestyle Redesign. This was found to be highly effective in enhancing the physical and mental health, occupational functioning and life satisfaction of community living older adults in Los Angeles, USA.

Weekly group meetings provide older people with the space, time and opportunity to share their experiences. Through a process of peer exchange and guidance, participants have the opportunity to reflect upon the range of activities that they engage with. They are then helped to begin to understand how these activities might impact on their health and well-being. However this approach alone cannot meet the complex needs of individual older people, and their specific and personal concerns. In recognition of this, the programme also includes monthly individual sessions with one of the group facilitators. The older person in partnership with the facilitator identifies a tailored programme to meet their individual needs, including the means by which they might work towards their personal goals. The individual programme is updated and refreshed in subsequent meetings over the months.

During 2004/5 researchers at Sheffield Hallam University in partnership with other researchers in York and Leeds, and clinical colleagues in Sheffield explored the feasibility of delivering this intervention to older people living in the UK. The project was funded through the Sheffield Health and Social Research Consortium. The summary below is an account of the process and outcomes of delivering a Lifestyle Matters programme to two groups of community living older people during 2004/5.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: July 2006
• Est. primary completion date: July 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Community living

• Aged 65 or over

Exclusion Criteria:

• Score of 18 or under on Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)

• high level of depression, assessed using the Geriatric depression rating scale (GDS)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Wellness 1

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Lifestyle Matters

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Sheffield Hallam University	Sheffield

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Sheffield

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

References & Publications (1)

Mountain GA, Craig CL. The lived experience of redesigning lifestyle post-retirement in the UK. Occup Ther Int. 2011 Mar;18(1):48-58. doi: 10.1002/oti.309. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Mini Mental State examination		On average 8 months after commencing intervention
Secondary	Geriatric Depression Rating Scale		On average 8 months after commencing intervention
Secondary	Barthel Index		On average 8 months after commencing intervention
Secondary	SF36 Quality of Life		On average 8 months after commencing intervention
Secondary	WHODAS (World Health Disability Assessment Schedule)		On average 8 months after commencing intervention
Secondary	Nottingham Leisure Questionnaire		On average 8 months after commencing intervention