Evaluating Implementation and Impact of Provincial Scale-up of the Adapted Choose to Move (CTM) Program

Provincial Scale-up of Choose to Move: Implementation and Impact Evaluation of an Adapted Health-Promoting Program for Equity-Deserving Older Adults

Choose to Move (CTM) is a 3-month, choice-based health-promoting program for low active older adults being scaled-up across British Columbia (BC), Canada. In this project, the investigators will support community-based seniors' services (CBSS) organizations across BC through a readiness-building process so they can adapt CTM and deliver the program to more diverse groups of underserved older adults than have previously participated in CTM.

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: Aging; Loneliness; Mobility Limitation; Physical Inactivity; Social Isolation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Choose to Move

Detailed Description

Choose to Move (CTM) a 3-month, choice-based health-promoting program for low active older adults being scaled-up in phases across British Columbia (BC), Canada. To date (Phases 1-4), CTM participants have included mostly white older women living in large urban centres. In this project, the investigators aim to expand the reach of CTM to more diverse populations of underserved older adults across BC.

Within CTM (Phase 4), trained activity coaches support older adults in two ways. First, in a one-on-one consultation, activity coaches help participants to set goals and create action plans for physical activity tailored to each person's interests and abilities. Older adults can choose to participate in individual or group-based activities. Second, activity coaches facilitate 8 group meetings with small groups of participants.

In this study, the central support unit (CSU) will work with community-based seniors' services (CBSS) organizations across BC to adapt the CTM Phase 4 program to 'best fit' the population of underserved older adults they serve, and build capacity in these organizations to deliver CTM. The investigators will then evaluate the implementation of the adapted programs, and the impact of the adapted programs on older adults' physical and social health.

Objectives:

1. To assess whether CTM (adapted Phase 4) was implemented as planned (fidelity) and investigate factors that support or inhibit its implementation at scale across BC (Part I - Implementation Evaluation).
2. To assess the impact (effectiveness) of CTM (adapted Phase 4) on the physical activity, mobility, and social connectedness of older adult participants (Part II - Impact Evaluation).

Study Design:

The investigators use a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation (Curran et al. 2012) pre-post study design to evaluate the adapted CTM Phase 4 program. The investigators use mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) and collect data at 0 (baseline) and 3 (post-intervention) months to assess implementation and impact of CTM.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 300
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • British Columbia
    • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1M9
      • Active Aging Research Team, Robert H. N. Ho Research Centre

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion criteria:

• Central support unit staff member
• Activity coach hired by delivery partner organization (activity coaches must speak English to participate in the evaluation);
• English-speaking older adults (aged >=50 years) who participate in CTM (recruited by delivery partner organizations) will be invited to participate in the evaluation;
• Punjabi-speaking older adults will also be invited to participate in the evaluation if they can read English or Punjabi and/or if the activity coach or a member of the research team has the necessary language skills to ensure effective communication of the Punjabi language translated consent form and surveys.

Exclusion criteria:

• non-English speaking activity coaches
• CTM participants < 50 years
• CTM participants who do not speak either English or Punjabi

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Choose to Move; CTM (adapted Phase 4) is a 3-month, flexible, choice-based health-promoting program for low active older adults. CTM includes: 1-on-1 Consultation: Participants meet 1-on-1 with their activity coach at the start of the program to set goals and develop a physical activity action plan tailored to their abilities, interests and resources. Older adults can choose to participate in individual or group-based activities. Group Meetings: Participants will attend eight, 1-hour group-based meetings (max of 15 participants) led by an activity coach. Meetings cover a health-related discussion topic and provide time for social connection among participants. Meetings can be held online or in-person. Community-based seniors' services organizations that deliver CTM may adapt the program (e.g., deliver in a different language, adapt for cultural or geographical factors) to fit the needs of the older adults they serve but the two components listed above will be retained.

Behavioral: Choose to Move; As described under study arm description

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in physical activity	The single item physical activity questionnaire will be used to measure physical activity. Output variable is self-reported number of days/week ≥30 min physical activity in the past week (range 0-7).	0, 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in capacity for mobility	Two items will assess participants' ability to walk a quarter of a mile and up 10 steps. The output variable is self- reported presence of mobility-disability (no/any difficulty walking 400m or climbing one flight of stairs).	0, 3 months
Change in physical functioning	The Physical Functioning Subscale of the SF-36 will be used to assess the physical function aspect of mobility. The measure asks participants to rate if their health limits them in performing 10 different activities. The output variable is an average score (range 0-100) of physical functioning, where a higher score indicates a more favourable health state.	0, 3 months
Change in loneliness	The three-item loneliness scale will be used to assess loneliness. Participants rate three aspects of loneliness. The output variable is loneliness score (range 3-9); lower scores indicate lower levels of loneliness.	0, 3 months
Change in social isolation	A four-item questionnaire adapted from two questions on social contact frequency will be used to assess social isolation. The output variable is social isolation score (range 0-20); higher scores indicate lower levels of social isolation.	0, 3 months
Change in social network	A six-item questionnaire will be used to assess social network. The output variable is an equally weighted sum (range 0-30) where higher scores indicate more social engagement.	0, 3 months
Change in social connectedness	A single item will be used to assess sense of belonging as an indicator of social connectedness. The output variable is sense of belonging score (range 1-4) where lower scores indicate a stronger sense of belonging.	0, 3 months
Change in bone- and/or muscle-strengthening physical activity	A single item will be used to assess frequency (days/week) of physical activity that strengthens bone and/or muscle.	0, 3 months
Change in balance-enhancing physical activity	A single item will be used to assess frequency (days/week) of physical activity that improve balance.	0, 3 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Reach-individual	Number of organizations and older adults participating in adapted CTM programs will be obtained from program records.	3 months
Reach-regional	The neighbourhood characteristics of the regions where CTM programs were delivered will be determined using the Canadian Social Environment Topology (CanSET) tool.	0 months
Fidelity - CTM program (interview)	Fidelity to planned delivery will be assessed via interview with activity coaches and older adult participants.	3 months
Participant Responsiveness - CTM program (interview)	Program satisfaction will be assessed via interview with older adult CTM participants.	3 months
Adoption - CTM program	Number of activity coaches trained to deliver the CTM program will be obtained from program records.	3 months
Dose delivered - CTM program (survey)	Number of group meetings (0-8) delivered by activity coaches will be assessed by survey (developed in house).	3 months
Fidelity - CTM program (survey)	Fidelity to planned delivery will be assessed via survey (designed in house) for activity coaches and older adult participants. Higher scores (1-5 Likert scale) indicate better adherence to planned delivery.	3 months
Participant Responsiveness - CTM program (survey)	Program satisfaction will be assessed via participant (older adults) survey (designed in house). Higher scores (1-5 Likert scale) indicate higher participant satisfaction with the intervention.	3 months
Cost	Program delivery costs will be recorded using a cost capture template developed in house.	0, 3 months
Adaptation - CTM program (survey)	Extent to which the adapted CTM program can be adapted, tailored, refined, or reinvented to meet local needs will be assessed by survey (4 items each on a 1-5 Likert scale with 1 being completely disagree and 5 being completely agree; developed in house).	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of British Columbia
• Collaborators: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Heather McKay, PhD, University of British Columbia; Principal Investigator: Joanie Sims Gould, MSW, PhD, University of British Columbia

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

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Helpful Links

• Choose to Move website
• Active Aging Research Team website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 15, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 23, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 4, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): June 6, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 27, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 24, 2025
• Last Verified: March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Implementation; Physical activity; Loneliness; Older adults; Mobility; Adaptation; Behavior change; Health equity; Scale-up; Social isolation; Social connectedness
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mobility Limitation
• Other Study ID Numbers: H23-00199; 2223-HQ-000373 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Public Health Agency of Canada)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No