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NCT Number: NCT03320746

Enhancing Physical Activity and Healthy Aging Among Recent Retirees

The purpose of REACT project is to provide cost-effective way to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary time among older adults. This is done by examining the efficacy of activity tracker based intervention on wake-time physical activity, sedentary time, sleep and other health outcomes among recent retirees. REACT study will be the first randomized physical activity trial targeted to time window right after retirement.

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Key information

Conditions

Exercise Aging Behavior Motor Activity Retirement Sedentary Behavior

Age range

60 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Turku /Department of Public Health

Turku, 20520, Finland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • actual retirement date between Jan 2017 and Dec 2018
  • maximum of 12 months from the actual retirement
  • capable of doing exercise (able to walk 500 m continuously)
  • basic knowledge on how to use computer and Internet access at home

Exclusion criteria

  • current post-operative state or upcoming surgery within the next 6 months
  • malign cancer or recent myocardial infraction

Treatment and study plan

Polar Loop 2 activity tracker

Device

The participants were instructed to aim to reach the daily activity goal, initially set at stage 1 as per the goals set by the trackers' manufacturer. The daily activity goal was based on user's typical daily activities, gender and age. The stage 1 daily activity goal corresponded to ~1h/day of jogging or ~2h/day of walking or ~7h/day household activities or a combination of these activities. The tracker gave an inactivity alert as a vibration and text "it's time to move" on the screen of the tracker if the user has been still for 55 minutes.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in wake time physical activity

    Time frame: Primarily change from baseline to 12 months, secondarily change from baseline to 3 months and to 6 months.

    Accelerometer based measurement

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in wake time sedentary activity

    Time frame: Primarily change from baseline to 12 months, secondarily change from baseline to 3 months and to 6 months.

    Accelerometer based measurement

  2. Change in sleep duration and quality

    Time frame: Primarily change from baseline to 12 months, secondarily change from baseline to 3 months and to 6 months.

    Accelerometer based measurement

  3. Change in metabolic profile

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Fasting blood sample: lipid profile (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides), fasting plasma glucose, HbA1C, and CRP; blood pressure: systolic and diastolic blood pressure; body composition: fat mass, fat free mass, body weight, waist circumference

  4. Change in activity locations

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    GPS-tracking provides data of the latitude, longitude, and time, i.e. when and where an individual is located.

Other outcomes

  1. Change in self-reported health

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Range 1 to 5 "good to poor"

  2. Change in self-reported functioning

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    SF-36 physical functioning, 10 items, subscale range 1 to 3 "health limits a lot to health does not limit at all", total score range 0 to 10 "no to severe limitations"

  3. Change in self-reported well-being

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    GHQ-12, total score range 0 to 12 points, ≥4 points indicates of psychological distress

  4. Change in diet

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Index of Diet Quality (IDQ) score, total score range 0 to 15 points, ≥10 points indicates of healthy diet

  5. Change in self-reported exercise motivation

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Short version of Recreational Exercise Motivation Measure (REMM), subscale range 1 to 5 "strongly disagree to strongly agree"

  6. Change in sleep difficulties

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Jenkins sleep problem scale, subscale range 1 to 6 "not at all to almost every night"

  7. Change in physical activity social support

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Modified Social Support for Exercise Scale, subscale range 1 to 3 "never to often", mean score 1 to 3 "low to high"

  8. Change in measured functioning

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Number of chair test repetitions

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Turku

Other

Collaborators

  • Academy of Finland
  • Juho Vainio Foundation
  • Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland

Registry information

Official study title

Enhancing Physical Activity and Healthy Aging Among Recent Retirees - Randomized Controlled In-home Physical Activity Trial

Acronym: REACT

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Oct 25, 2017
Registry last updated
Jun 30, 2020

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