Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity (PREFER)

March 26, 2015 updated by: German Centre of Gerontology

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

310

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
      • Berlin, Germany, 12101
        • German Centre of Gerontology

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

64 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 64 years or older
  • community-residing

Exclusion Criteria:

  • regularly exercising

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention to enhance physical activity
Participants in this arm have high motivation to be regularly physically active. Face-to-face group intervention includes behavior change techniques to enhance physical activity.
Behavioral: Social-cognitive resource intervention
Intervention group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and physical activity.
Behavioral: Social-cognitive resource intervention
Active control group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and volunteering.
Active Comparator: Active control intervention
Face-to-face group intervention includes behavior change techniques to enhance volunteering and improve attitudes towards volunteering.
Behavioral: Social-cognitive resource intervention
Intervention group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and physical activity.
Behavioral: Social-cognitive resource intervention
Active control group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and volunteering.
Other: Passive control intervention
Waiting-list control group, who receives all information (that the active groups got) via mail after completion of 8.5 months follow-up.
Behavioral: 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in physical activity
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months
Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in quality of Life
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months
Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months
Change in self-reported perceived autonomy
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months
Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

German Centre of Gerontology

Collaborators

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Freie Universität Berlin

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Clemens Tesch-Römer, Prof. Dr., German Centre of Gerontology
  • Study Chair: Ralf Schwarzer, Prof. Dr., Freie Universität Berlin

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 19, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 12, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

April 13, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 31, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 26, 2015

Last Verified

March 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 01ET1001B

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