SOC-based Behavioral Intervention to Promote Walking (SOCWalk)

Ling Yang

Status: Completed

Conditions: Older Adults (65 Years and Older); Older Adults

Treatments: Other: general health education program; Behavioral: SOC-based walking intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07312331

SOCWALK2025

Details and patient eligibility

About

Drawing on the Selection, Optimization, and Compensation (SOC) model of adaptive development, this study tested whether a structured behavioral intervention could enhance walking activity and well-being through improvements in self-regulatory strategy use.

Enrollment: 350 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals were excluded if they had moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment, medical contraindications for walking, or planned relocation within six months.

Exclusion criteria

• Eligible participants were Chinese adults aged 65 years or older, lived in urban areas, could walk independently for at least 10 minutes, and had access to a mobile phone or WeChat (personally or through a family member).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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350 participants in 2 patient groups

SOC

Experimental group

Description:

SOC-based walking intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: SOC-based walking intervention

Active control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

active health education control.

Treatment:

Other: general health education program