Stimulating Engagement in Daily and Physical Activities Among Older Adults Receiving Homecare Services (Part of Basic Care Revisited)

Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Community-dwelling Older Adults

Treatments: Behavioral: Stay Active at Home; Other: Usual care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02904889

ZonMw no. 520002003

Details and patient eligibility

About

Most older adults want to stay at home for as long as possible. To reach this aim it is important to maintain their mobility and self-care abilities. However, many older adults are at risk to lose their abilities, as they have an inactive lifestyle. In this study, homecare professionals learn to motivate their clients to be more active in daily and physical activities. Examples of these activities are washing and dressing, household chores or going for a walk.

The primary aim of this exploratory study is to evaluate the implementation of the 'Stay Active at Home' program (process evaluation). The secondary aim is to get insight into the potential effectiveness of the program with regard to several primary and secondary outcomes measures (effect evaluation). The tertiary aim is to test the feasibility of the proposed study design.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ≥65 years
• Community-dwelling
• Indication for homecare
• ≥10 hours sedentary behaviour/day (measured with LASA vragenlijst questionnaire)
• Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Terminal
• Serious cognitive or psychological problems
• Not able to speak Dutch

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Stay Active at Home

Experimental group

Description:

One group of homecare professionals receives a training programme. In this training they learn to motivate their clients to be more active in daily and physical activities.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Stay Active at Home

Usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Second group of homecare professionals will get no training and their clients will receive usual homecare.

Treatment:

Other: Usual care