A "Stand Up and Move More" Intervention for Older Adults

Translating a "Stand Up and Move More" Intervention by State Aging Units to Older Adults in Underserved Communities

The purpose of the expanded study is to examine the effectiveness of a "Stand Up and Move More" intervention to reduce sedentary behavior in older adults from underserved communities.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sedentary Lifestyle
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Stand up and move more

Detailed Description

Based on successful pilot research in Rock County, WI, and the receipt of funding from the National Institutes of Health, the investigators expanded research to additional counties in Wisconsin for a total of four counties (i.e., Dane, Iowa, Rock, and Vilas counties). Sample size will increase and participants will be randomly assigned to the intervention group (Stand Up and Move More group) or a wait-list control group (who receive the intervention after 12 weeks). The Stand Up and Move More intervention/workshop involves sessions once/week for four weeks with a refresher session at 8 weeks. Assessments will be conducted before the intervention/workshop begins, and then again at 4 weeks and 12 weeks. We have added several questionnaires to examine potential mediators of behavior change (e.g., self-efficacy, self-regulation, outcome expectancies).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 84
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Wisconsin
    • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53706
      • Kelli Koltyn

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 56 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• adults older than 55 yrs of age
• inactive or low active (i.e., less than 60 minutes of physical activity/week)
• residents of Dane, Iowa, Rock or Vilas counties, and
• residing in a home or an apartment.

Exclusion Criteria:

• low levels of sedentary behavior (less than or equal to 6 hours/day),
• recent hospitalization (i.e., past month),
• uncontrolled medical conditions including: uncontrolled hypertension, heart disease, actively receiving chemotherapy or palliative care for cancer, stage 4 liver disease, end-stage renal or pulmonary disease, severe arthritis or any other orthopedic condition that could be made worse by standing up and moving more;
• inability to stand up without assistance of another person, and
• inability to speak or hear spoken English.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Stand up intervention; four week behavioral intervention based on self-regulation theory which is designed to facilitate the development of action plans to break up prolonged sitting	Behavioral: Stand up and move more; 4 week behavioral intervention involving the development and implementation of action plans
No Intervention: Control; No behavioral intervention - the control group will go about their daily life, but come in for assessments at the same time points as the intervention group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Total Sedentary Time Per Day	Participants wore monitors during the day to assess total sitting time/day	Baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) Score	The SPPB is an assessment of physical limitations. It combines scores from a balance test, gait speed test, and a chair stand test. The total possible range of scores is 1-12, higher scores indicate better function/less functional limitations.	Baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Collaborators: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Kelli Koltyn, PhD, UW-Madison

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 14, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 19, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 19, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): January 26, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 16, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 18, 2020
• Last Verified: November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: physical function; Sedentary Lifestyle
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2013-1155; A176000 (Other Identifier: UW Madison); EDUC/KINESIOLOGY/KINESIO (Other Identifier: UW Madison); R21AG054916 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No