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NCT Number: NCT02502305

Liveonline Training Course to Improve Food Habits and Enhance Physical Activity in Older Adults

Aim of the study is to find out if the live online course is effective with regard to health promotion. Older adults receive support to initiate a health behavior (i.e., to enhance physical activity or to improve food habits).

Motivation, confidence and self-management strategies are optimized to make sure participants are able to integrate the physical activity or healthy diet into their daily life.

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Key information

Conditions

Impaired Health Behavior Motivation

Age range

50 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH

Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, 28759, Germany

About this study

Aim of the study is to support older adults to define a personal health behavior (to enhance physical activity, to improve food habits), to check and optimize this intention regarding self-efficacy and volitional competencies, such as action and coping planning, disability management to adopt and maintain their behavior successfully.

Research questions:

  • What is the pathway from health information/intention to behavioural change (motivational and volitional processes)?
  • Which are the crucial social-cognitive variables in educating/coaching adults with low health literacy in daily self-management?
  • Which other resources (e.g. social support) should be targeted in interventions to empower people in health behaviour change and maintenance?

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • internet access at home
  • proficient language skills (German)

Exclusion criteria

  • no internet access at home
  • no proficient language skills (German)
  • contra-indication for physical activity or a diet rich in fruit and vegetables

Treatment and study plan

liveonline course

Behavioral

physical activity and healthy diet are targeted and should be enhanced, health literacy (HL) in older people should be improved

Primary outcomes

  1. health literacy

    Time frame: up to 4 months

    health literacy will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire

Secondary outcomes

  1. physical activity

    Time frame: up to 4 months

    physical activity will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire

  2. healthy diet

    Time frame: up to 4 months

    healthy diet will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH

Other

Collaborators

  • Liveonline Coaching

Registry information

Acronym: LIFE!

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Jul 20, 2015
Registry last updated
Apr 19, 2017

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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