Healthy Living Programme for Older Adults (HLP)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Frail Older Adults

Treatments: Behavioral: Healthy Living Programme

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02904174

H-ZJJY

Details and patient eligibility

About

Malnutrition, risk of falls and medication incidents are commonly faced by the older adults. This study aimed to provide health education to community-dwelling older adults and to assess the effectiveness of a Healthy Living Program (HLP) to older adults in terms of fall prevention, drug management and healthy eating habits.

Full description

This was a single group pre-post trial. Participants aged 60 or above were recruited from the community elderly centres. A 6-week HLP, which included one 45 minutes weekly session, was offered to the participants.

122 participants were recruited. This study shows that the 6-week HLP has a potential to improve the physical well-being of the participants, and to increase their knowledge in diet, drug management and fall prevention.

Enrollment: 122 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• able to communicate and understand Cantonese
• > 1 in frailty score
• members of the Pentecostal Church of Hong Kong

Exclusion criteria

• nil

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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122 participants in 1 patient group

Healthy Living Programme

Experimental group

Description:

6 weeks program, with 45 minutes weekly session over 6 weeks.Week 1 \& 2 focused on healthy eating habits including food pyramid, balanced diet for the elderly, food labels, healthy snacks and healthy eating out. Week 3 \& 4 were about fall prevention, which included risk factors and complications of fall among older adults, preventive measures, strengthening exercises and aerobic dance. Week 5 \& 6 focused on drug management, such as knowledge on commonly used drugs, drug storage, use of analgesics and non-pharmacological pain relief strategies.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy Living Programme