Enhancing Physical Activity and Healthy Aging Among Recent Retirees (REACT)

University of Turku

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aging; Retirement; Exercise

Treatments: Device: Polar Loop 2 activity tracker

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03320746

309526

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of REACT project is to provide cost-effective way to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary time among older adults. This is done by examining the efficacy of activity tracker based intervention on wake-time physical activity, sedentary time, sleep and other health outcomes among recent retirees. REACT study will be the first randomized physical activity trial targeted to time window right after retirement.

Enrollment: 231 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• actual retirement date between Jan 2017 and Dec 2018
• maximum of 12 months from the actual retirement
• capable of doing exercise (able to walk 500 m continuously)
• basic knowledge on how to use computer and Internet access at home

Exclusion criteria

• current post-operative state or upcoming surgery within the next 6 months
• malign cancer or recent myocardial infraction

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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231 participants in 2 patient groups

Activity trackers

Experimental group

Description:

The participants were requested to wear a commercial wrist-worn activity tracker (Polar Loop 2, Polar, Kempele, Finland) every day and night for 12 months.

Treatment:

Device: Polar Loop 2 activity tracker

No activity trackers

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group members were requested to abstain from the use of any type of activity trackers and they were informed that they will receive the activity trackers and guidance for using them after the follow-up.