Supporting Uptake of Evidence for Physical Activity in Older Adults With Complex Health Care Needs

Sponsor
University of British Columbia
Study ID
NCT06894914
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Frailty

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
N/A - 99 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • 24-hour Activity Counselling — BEHAVIORAL
    Physiotherapists will participate in the self-paced brief action planning (BAP) online training (2-4 hours long), followed by 2-3 hours of practice and feedback over the phone with an experienced BAP instructor. In addition, they will attend a 2-hour session with the research team on training around on prescribing physical activity while balancing with rest and sleep. Once training is complete the PT can start implementing the counselling approach with the older adult patients.

Study Details

Physically frail older adults often have chronic conditions that contribute to a higher chance of them being limited in daily activities and becoming dependent. Physical activity can help to better manage chronic conditions and prevent frailty. In this project, the counselling approach using the new Canadian 24-hour Movement Guidelines will be adapted for older adults at an early state of frailty. This new approach will be tested against the one in current use by physiotherapists. This ethics application will address the pilot implementation evaluation, including interviews and focus groups, conducted to refine the new approach.

Key Dates

First listed
Mar 25, 2025
Start date
Jan 30, 2026
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Jan 30, 2027
Completion
Dec 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
20 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: 24-hour Activity Counselling
    Participating physiotherapists will be trained to deliver counselling that focuses on increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, with a balance of activity, rest and sleep in a 24-hour day. Patients (n=4) of these physiotherapists will receive the 24-hour Activitiy Counselling
  • Active Comparator: Current Physical Activity Counselling
    Participating physiotherapists will continue delivering counselling that focuses on achieving 150 minutes/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, which is the current practice. Patients (n=4) of these physiotherapists will receive the Current Physical Activitiy Counselling

Primary Outcome Measure

Patient's daily time in moderate/vigorous physical activity (minutes/day) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

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