Recruitment

Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Estimated Enrollment
Same as current

Summary

Conditions
  • Accidental Fall
  • Exercise
  • Motivation
  • Older Adults
  • Physical Activity
Type
Interventional
Phase
Not Applicable
Design
Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Factorial AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Our research team will conduct a 2 x 2 factorial experiment testing the individual and combined effects of two empirically and theoretically relevant sets of behavior change strategies on community-dwelling older adults' physical activity.Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: The specific content of the intervention condition/arm that is assigned to each participant will be masked from data collectors/outcome assessors.Primary Purpose: Prevention

Participation Requirements

Age
Between 70 years and 125 years
Gender
Both males and females

Description

To fully examine the effects of these experimental components, The investigators have delineated Primary, Secondary and Exploratory Aims: Primary Aim: Determine which experimental intervention component(s) increase PA among community-dwelling older adults post-intervention: immediately, 6 months, an...

To fully examine the effects of these experimental components, The investigators have delineated Primary, Secondary and Exploratory Aims: Primary Aim: Determine which experimental intervention component(s) increase PA among community-dwelling older adults post-intervention: immediately, 6 months, and 12 months. Hypothesis: Participants receiving the interpersonal set of behavior change strategies (conditions 2 and 4) will have clinically meaningful increases in PA post- intervention (at all 3 time-points), compared to participants not receiving these strategies (conditions 1 and 3). Secondary Aim: Determine which experimental intervention component(s)decrease fall occurrence and increase quality of life (QOL) among community-dwelling older adults 12 months post-intervention. Hypotheses: Participants receiving the set of interpersonal behavior change strategies will have clinically meaningful reductions in falls and increases in QOL, 12 months post-intervention, compared to participants not receiving these strategies. Exploratory Aim: Evaluate experimental intervention component effects on targeted psychosocial constructs (social support; readiness; self-regulation) and physical constructs (functional leg strength and balance), which are theorized as mechanisms of change--and whether these mechanisms mediate the effects of experimental intervention components on PA and falls. Hypotheses: Receiving the interpersonal behavioral change strategies, relative to not receiving these strategies, will elicit increases in targeted psychosocial constructs and increases in physical constructs, which in turn will mediate the intervention's effects on PA behavior and falls.

Tracking Information

NCT #
NCT03326141
Collaborators
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Siobhan K McMahon, PhD University of Minnesota