Effectiveness of GO for Transitional Housing Residents

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

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

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Quality of Life; Wellness, Psychological
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: GO

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Mimi Mun Yee Tse, PhD; Phone Number: 39708764; Email: mmytse@hkmu.edu.hk

Study Locations

• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Recruiting
    • Hong Kong Metropolitan University
    • Contact: Mimi Mun Yee Tse, PhD; Phone Number: (852)39708764; Email: mmytse@hkmu.edu.hk
    • Sub-Investigator: Denis Siu On Chan, MSc
    • Sub-Investigator: Tyrone Tai On Kwok, PhD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

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

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: GO group; Participants who reside in the Concordia Tsat Sing Kong Transitional Housing Estate (still under construction) will be invited to join the GO wellness program.

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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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. Higher scores indicate higher quality of life. WHOQOL-BREF has good validity and reliability.	T0 (baseline), T1 (6 months), T2 (12 months)
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 (6 months), T2 (12 months)
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 (6 months), T2 (12 months)
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 (6 months), T2 (12 months)
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 (6 months), T2 (12 months)
Pain intensity	Pain will be measured using the Chinese version of the Brief Pain Inventory to assess the multidimensional nature of the participants' pain, including intensity and interference with daily activities over the past 24 hours. The total scores for pain severity (four items) range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating more severe pain. This scale demonstrated good reliability, with coefficient alphas greater than 0.70	T0 (baseline), T1 (6 months), T2 (12 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Semi-structured interview	Interview participants about joining the program, their perceived benefits, challenges, etc.	within 2 weeks after T2 (post-test)
Website evaluation	Website will be assessed using the Chinese version of the System Usability Scale (SUS). The SUS consists of 10 items rated using a 5-point Likert scale. A higher total score indicates better quality of the rated system. This scale has good reliability, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.84.	2 weeks after T2 (post-test)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): February 28, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 4, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 4, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): June 10, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): September 11, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 10, 2025
• Last Verified: September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavior; Personal Satisfaction; Psychological Well-Being
• Other Study ID Numbers: GO

Drug and device information, study documents

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