NCT02596672

Promoting Walking in Older Adults Living in Independent Living Communities in Northern Ireland: A Feasibility Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Queen's University, Belfast · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The multi-level 12 week peer-led walking intervention incorporates aspects from all three levels of the ecological model (with the aim of producing sustained (\>6months) physical activity behaviour change in older adults living in independent living communities.

Detailed description

The proposed study is a cluster randomized controlled feasibility trial of a multi-level peer-led walking intervention. The socio-ecological model and social cognitive theory provides the framework that will help inform and test the feasibility of a multi-level peer-led walking intervention for inactive older adults living in independent living communities in Northern Ireland. The behaviour change techniques identified and extracted from a previous systematic review on the effectiveness of peer-led physical activity interventions helped guide the decision-making process of which behavior change strategies should be included in this study. The logic model helped inform the design and development of the 12 week peer-led walking programme.

Conditions

• Physical Activity
• Aging
• Health Behaviour
• Social Isolation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The friendly walking group	A 12 week peer led walking group for adults and older adults (\> 55 years) living in independent living communities in Northern Ireland. Designed to increase physical activity levels of inactive older adults and measure sustained changes in physical behaviour 6 months after the intervention ends.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-01
• Primary completion: 2016-09-01
• Completion: 2016-09-01
• First posted: 2015-11-04
• Last updated: 2017-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom