Effectiveness of GO for Transitional Housing Residents

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of the Green Oasis (GO) Wellness Program for Residents Living in Concordia Tsat Sing Kong Transitional Housing Estate

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06450288
• Other study ID #: GO
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: February 28, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: June 2024
• Source: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Contact: Mimi Mun Yee Tse, PhD
• Phone: 39708764
• Email: mmytse[@]hkmu.edu.hk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this pre-post study is to enhance the health and wellness of the residents in the Concordia Tsat Sing Kong Transitional Housing Estate. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Green Oasis (GO) wellness program in:

1. Increase health awareness and engaging in health promoting activities, including more physical activities/walking, gardening.

2. Enhance happiness and quality of life.

Participants will:

• complete physical exercises, gardening, and interact with the GO website

• receive health talks

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: February 28, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: February 28, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 10 or above.

• Scored >6 in the Abbreviated Mental Test; a cut-off point of 6 is valid in differentiating between normal and abnormal cognitive functions for geriatric clients.

• Can understand Cantonese.

• Able to take part in light exercise and stretching.

• Have access to smartphone and internet.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have a serious organic disease or malignant tumor.

• Have a mental disorder diagnosed by neurologists or psychiatrists.

• Experienced drug addiction

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Quality of Life

Intervention

Behavioral:
• GO
Green Oasis wellness program: include physical exercises, gardening, interaction with the developed website. Participants' general health status and website evaluation will be measured at T0 (baseline), T1 (3 months), T2 (9 months), using standardized questionnaires. Study Design: pre-post study, 50 participants will be recruited from the Concordia Tsat Sing Kong transitional housing estate.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Metropolitan University	Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quality of life (World Health Organization)	Conducting pre- and post-test of WHOQOL-BREF. The brief, Chinese version of the World Health Organization's quality of life scale (WHOQOL-BREF) has our domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment. A 5-point response scale is used in the scale. WHOQOL-BREF has good validity and reliability.	T0 (baseline), T1 (3 months), T2 (9 months)
Primary	Happiness	Conducting pre- and post-test of Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS). The Subjective Happiness Scale's Chinese adaptation (SHS) consists of 4 items to measure individual levels of subjective happiness. It features 4 questions, each evaluated on a 7-point Likert scale, where a higher score signifies a higher degree of subjective happiness	T0 (baseline), T1 (3 months), T2 (9 months)
Primary	Activities of daily living	Conducting pre- and post-test of Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (ADLQ). The activities of daily living questionnaire (ADLQ) will be measured by the Barthel Index, which consists of 10 items of ADL, including mobility and self-care ability. It refers to the basic self-care tasks that individuals perform daily to maintain their overall well-being and take care of themselves; the activities include eating, grooming, bathing, and dressing.	T0 (baseline), T1 (3 months), T2 (9 months)
Primary	Physical activity	Conducting pre- and post-test of the 5-Item Physical Activity Questionnaire. The Chinese adoption of the 5-item physical activity questionnaire will be used to assess the physical activity levels of the participants. This questionnaire uses a 5-point Likert scale to assess five items: frequency, duration, intensity, overall length, and type of activities the participants perform during their spare times. The test-retest reliability of this questionnaire is between 0.61 and 0.91, indicating its usefulness.	T0 (baseline), T1 (3 months), T2 (9 months)
Primary	Satisfaction with migration life	Conducting pre- and post-test of the Satisfaction With Migration Life Scale (SWMLS). The Chinese adoption of the Satisfaction With Migration Life Scale (SWMLS) to assess participants' satisfaction with their life after moving in to transitional housing. The scale has 5 questions in total and follows a 7-point Likert scale, with some modifications on the wordings according to the study. SWMLS has good validity and reliability.	T0 (baseline), T1 (3 months), T2 (9 months)
Secondary	Website evaluation	Conducting pre- and post-test of the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS-C)	T0 (baseline), T1 (2 months), T2 (4 months), T3 (6 months), and T4 (9 months).
Secondary	Semi-structured interview		T0 (baseline), T1 (2 months), T2 (4 months), T3 (6 months), and T4 (9 months).