NCT03216031

Project Grow: Establishing an Intergenerational Falls Prevention Gardening Programme

Project GROW: Establishing and Testing a New Intergenerational Falls Prevention Gardening Programme to Improve Physical Activity Levels, Health and Wellbeing in Older People at Risk of Falling

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Roehampton · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Wandsworth Integrated Falls and Bone Health Service (IF \& BHS) provides an evidence-based falls prevention exercise programme, but yearly about 500 of 1800 patients decline participation or do not continue to exercise. Our study seeks to address this efficiency gap by developing a gardening programme as an alternative to traditional exercise. In a preparation period (4/17-5/17) we will explore the special needs of the target population through interviews and create an age appropriate gardening site at "Growhampton", a gardening project run by the University of Roehampton; from 5/17 to 9/17 a falls prevention gardening group will be implemented and evaluated.

Detailed description

The key purpose of the study is to provide and test an intergenerational gardening project as a choice for about 30 IF \& BHS patients who would otherwise decline exercise interventions. Patients previously assessed by Wandsworth Integrated Falls \& Bone Health Services have identified gardening as an enjoyable alternative to exercise classes. Gardening sessions will take place weekly (aiming for 3 groups with 10 patients and 2-4 students and/or staff members of the University of Roehampton). Through engaging patients in gardening activities the study seeks to achieve 4 main aims: 1. Increase physical activity levels; 2. improve mental and physical health outcomes; 3. foster self-efficacy and social connectedness; 4. reduce the risk of falls. The at falls risk population will benefit by engaging in a meaningful activity (designed and supported by clinicians and aided by students and staff members) which delivers on the core principles of strength, power, balance and coordination.

Conditions

• Fall

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Gardening programme	3 groups with up to 10 patients and 2-4 students/staff members each should meet once per week for about 1 hour to engage in gardening activities at the falls prevention growing site. Each participant will attend the programme 8 times.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-24
• Primary completion: 2017-09-01
• Completion: 2017-09-01
• First posted: 2017-07-12
• Last updated: 2017-10-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom