Health Promotion Behavior Intervention for Elderly Migrants to Improve Health Outcomes

Huzhou University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elderly Migrants; Health Promotion Behavior

Treatments: Other: receiving routine community care and management only; Other: Health Promotion Behavior Intervention Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07040371

202401-36

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to develop a health promotion behavior intervention for elderly migrants and evaluate its effects, in order to provide insights for enhancing health-promoting behaviors among elderly migrants, improving community-based health management services for this population, and addressing health challenges related to migration in an aging society.

Full description

This study employed a randomized controlled trial design, with elderly migrants in Huzhou City as participants, randomly assigned to either an intervention or control group. The control group received routine community care, while the intervention group underwent a 12-week "Health Promotion Behavior Intervention Program for Elderly Migrants" based on the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) theory. The intervention targeted motivation, capability, and opportunity through six dimensions, including health habits, social participation, and health responsibility, delivered via group interactions, face-to-face sessions, online resources, and community activities. Standardized scales were used to assess health promotion behaviors, self-perceived aging, family care, and loneliness at baseline, 6 weeks, and post-intervention. Data analysis involved Shapiro-Wilk tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests.

Enrollment: 61 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age requirement: female ≥55 years, male ≥60 years；
• Residing in Huzhou city for >6 months;
• Voluntary participation with signed informed consent;
• Cognitively intact.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals with language/communication barriers.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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61 participants in 2 patient groups

Health Promotion Behavior Intervention + Routine Community Nursing and Management

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to routine community nursing and management, the experimental group of elderly migrants also received the health promotion behavior intervention program developed in this study.

Treatment:

Other: Health Promotion Behavior Intervention Program

routine community nursing and management only

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group of elderly migrants received routine community nursing and management, which primarily included distributing health manuals, conducting regular health education activities, follow-up visits, etc.

Treatment:

Other: receiving routine community care and management only