AHAA: Active and Healthy Ageing for All: a Multi-component Healthy Lifestyle Program
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
AHAA is a healthy lifestyle program offered to older adults aged 60+ years. The program is developed based upon co-creation with the target group and implemented and evaluated in several locations.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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N/A |
Detailed Description
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co-creation : all participants will be questioned and included in the co-creation session
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implementation : the developed multicomponent healthy lifestyle program will be enrolled and implemented in 6 locations (community services for older adults in Flanders and Brussels)
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evaluation : the program will be evaluated (effects and process)
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention Partcipants in this group will receive the 8 week healthy lifestyle program |
Behavioral: AHAA
Multi-component healthy lifestyle program
Other Names:
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No Intervention: Control Participants in this group will not receive any intervention |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Physical activity measured by IPAQ [up to twelve weeks]
Subjective physical activity
- Physical activity measured by accelerometry [up to twelve weeks]
Objective physical activity
- Sedentary behaviour measured by accelerometry [up to twelve weeks]
Objective sedentary behaviour
- Sedentary behaviour measured by IPAQ [up to twelve weeks]
Subjective sedentary behaviour
- Nutrition questionnaire (self-reported) [up to twelve weeks]
Nutrition
- Sleep measured by accelerometry [up to twelve weeks]
Objective sleep
- Sleep measured by PSQI [up to twelve weeks]
Subjective sleep
Secondary Outcome Measures
- well-being measured by WEMWBS [up to twelve weeks]
well-being
- Perceived stress measured by the perceived stress scale [up to twelve weeks]
Perceived stress of participants
- Perceived positive health status measured by a self-reported questionnaire [up to twelve weeks]
Perceived positive health status
- Health literacy measured by HLSQ self-reported questionnaire [up to twelve weeks]
Health literacy
- Social support measured by a self-reported questionnaire [up to twelve weeks]
Social Support
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- age 60+ years
Exclusion Criteria:
- not being able to attend the weekly meetings
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | LDC | Aalst | Belgium | 9300 | |
2 | LDC | Brussel | Belgium | 1000 | |
3 | Regie Ouderenzorg | Gent | Belgium | 9000 | |
4 | LDC | Mechelen | Belgium | 2800 | |
5 | Triamant | Sint-Truiden | Belgium | 2800 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- KU Leuven
- Odisee University college for applied sciences
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Julie Vanderlinden, PHDc, KU Leuven
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- AHAA