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NCT Number: NCT01577134

Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity

PREFER II aims at developing psychological targeted theory- and evidence-based intervention components, which support older people with multiple illnesses in performing more physical activity. Many studies provide evidence for the importance of physical activity as a central mediator of health. This means that determinants of physical activity such as personal resources constitute an ideal target for interventions.

Within PREFER II, particularly positive views on ageing, attitudes, self-efficacy, planning and self-monitoring will be targeted in the interventions. These factors are important both for motivating older people with multiple illnesses to change their health behaviors and to translate such motivation into behavior.

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Key information

Conditions

Multimorbidity Behavior Motor Activity

Age range

64 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

German Centre of Gerontology

Berlin, 12101, Germany

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 64 years or older
  • community-residing

Exclusion criteria

  • regularly exercising

Treatment and study plan

Social-cognitive resource intervention

Behavioral

Intervention group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and physical activity.

No intervention

Behavioral

Passive control group that receives no intervention until the 8.5 months follow-up. Subsequently, they receive the information by mail the active groups received within the intervention.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in physical activity

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in quality of Life

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

  2. Change in self-reported perceived autonomy

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

German Centre of Gerontology

Other Gov

Collaborators

  • Freie Universität Berlin
  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Registry information

Official study title

Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity: Fortification of Effective Health Behaviour

Acronym: PREFER

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2014
First posted
Apr 13, 2012
Registry last updated
Mar 31, 2015

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