Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity

Multimorbidity Clinical Trial

— PREFER  

Official title:

Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity: Fortification of Effective Health Behaviour

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01577134
• Other study ID #: 01ET1001B
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 19, 2012
• Last updated: March 26, 2015
• Start date: April 2012
• Est. completion date: December 2014

Study information

• Verified date: March 2015
• Source: German Centre of Gerontology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

PREFER II aims at developing psychological targeted theory- and evidence-based intervention components, which support older people with multiple illnesses in performing more physical activity. Many studies provide evidence for the importance of physical activity as a central mediator of health. This means that determinants of physical activity such as personal resources constitute an ideal target for interventions.

Within PREFER II, particularly positive views on ageing, attitudes, self-efficacy, planning and self-monitoring will be targeted in the interventions. These factors are important both for motivating older people with multiple illnesses to change their health behaviors and to translate such motivation into behavior.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 310
• Est. completion date: December 2014
• Est. primary completion date: August 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 64 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 64 years or older

• community-residing

Exclusion Criteria:

• regularly exercising

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Multimorbidity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Social-cognitive resource intervention
Intervention group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and physical activity.
• Social-cognitive resource intervention
Active control group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and volunteering.
• no intervention
Passive control group that receives no intervention until the 8.5 months follow-up. Subsequently, they receive the information by mail the active groups received within the intervention.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	German Centre of Gerontology	Berlin

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
German Centre of Gerontology	Freie Universität Berlin, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in physical activity		Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months	No
Secondary	Change in quality of Life		Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months	No
Secondary	Change in self-reported perceived autonomy		Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months	No

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