Return to Everyday Activities in the Community and Home (REACH)

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aging; Lifestyle; Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: REACH

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02786394

H16-00670

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test feasibility for the delivery and perceptions of a lifestyle model for middle-aged and older adults by involving participants in its development. The goal of the program is to reduce sedentary behaviour, increase physical activity, and increase strength and balance. An optional walking program will be run in parallel to emphasize the importance of moving more. Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires on course delivery, content and effect throughout the program and 2-3 recorded interviews throughout the study. We will collect measurements of physical performance before and after the program.

Full description

This study aims to describe the delivery of a lifestyle model for older adults. Return to Everyday Activities in the Community and Home (REACH) is a health promotion program aimed at middle-aged and older adults. The goal of REACH is to reduce sedentary behaviour, increase physical activity, and increase strength and balance. The REACH program is comprised of six sessions which include evidence-based education, behaviour change theory, and activity instruction. REACH also teaches goal setting techniques, mindfulness, and encourages active community engagement. In this study we are running the REACH program for women aged 55 and older alongside a supplementary optional walking program run by SportMedBC. We will gather pre- and post-intervention measures of program perceptions, delivery psychological variables and physical performance outcomes. We will also collect participant feedback about course delivery, content and effect throughout the program. This study will allow us to describe the delivery strategies of REACH and involve the participants in the development of the REACH program. The optional walking program will emphasize the importance of increasing daily physical activity.

Enrollment: 11 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 55 to 105 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants included will be women aged 55 and older.
• Participants must speak English.
• Participants must be able to walk a minimum of four city blocks, climb a flight of stairs and take part in a physical activity and walking program.
• Participants must be cleared by a health care professional to participate using the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (Par-Q+) assessment to determine if they are physically able to take part in the activity program.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals will be excluded if they are men, under the age of 55 and/or do not speak English.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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11 participants in 1 patient group

REACH Participant Course

Experimental group

Description:

This study will run twice a week over 6 weeks with 6 REACH sessions optional walking program sessions. The optional walking program will be run by SportMedBC and may consist of one or more educational sessions (e.g., nutrition). Each REACH session introduces new topics, strength and balance activities and home practices which progressively build on each other. We will ask participants to provide feedback after each session, and in two to three 30 minutes recorded interviews (in-person or over the telephone) at the end of the study.

Treatment:

Behavioral: REACH