Liveonline Training Course to Improve Food Habits and Enhance Physical Activity in Older Adults (LIFE!)

April 17, 2017 updated by: Prof. Dr. Sonia Lippke, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH

Aim of the study is to find out if the live online course is effective with regard to health promotion. Older adults receive support to initiate a health behavior (i.e., to enhance physical activity or to improve food habits).

Motivation, confidence and self-management strategies are optimized to make sure participants are able to integrate the physical activity or healthy diet into their daily life.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Aim of the study is to support older adults to define a personal health behavior (to enhance physical activity, to improve food habits), to check and optimize this intention regarding self-efficacy and volitional competencies, such as action and coping planning, disability management to adopt and maintain their behavior successfully.

Research questions:

  • What is the pathway from health information/intention to behavioural change (motivational and volitional processes)?
  • Which are the crucial social-cognitive variables in educating/coaching adults with low health literacy in daily self-management?
  • Which other resources (e.g. social support) should be targeted in interventions to empower people in health behaviour change and maintenance?

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

101

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
      • Bremen, Germany, 28759
        • Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH

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

50 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • internet access at home
  • proficient language skills (German)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • no internet access at home
  • no proficient language skills (German)
  • contra-indication for physical activity or a diet rich in fruit and vegetables

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group
intervention group receives liveonline course training, 3 questionnaires at an interval of 6 weeks
Behavioral: liveonline course
physical activity and healthy diet are targeted and should be enhanced, health literacy (HL) in older people should be improved
No Intervention: Control group
control group receives 3 questionnaires at an interval of 6 weeks

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
health literacy
Time Frame: up to 4 months
health literacy will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire
up to 4 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
physical activity
Time Frame: up to 4 months
physical activity will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire
up to 4 months
healthy diet
Time Frame: up to 4 months
healthy diet will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire
up to 4 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH

Collaborators

Liveonline Coaching

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 (Actual)

February 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 15, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 16, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

July 20, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 19, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 17, 2017

Last Verified

April 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • EUFP7-30583JUB

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