Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Raija Leinonen
ORCID ID
Contact details
Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology
University of Jyväskylä
P.O. Box 35 (Viveca)
Jyväskylä
FIN-40014
Finland
+358 (0)14 260 2176
raija.leinonen@sport.jyu.fi
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Ministry of Education: 104/22/2004; Ministry of Social Affairs and Health: 09/TER/2005
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
SCAMOB
Study hypothesis
Physical activity counseling promotes physical activity, prevents mobility limitation and disability in older people.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration.
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Screening
Patient information sheet
Condition
Mobility limitation
Intervention
The intervention comprised a physical activity counseling session together with a physiotherapist followed by regular phone contacts four times a year throughout the two-year intervention. We promoted use of existing exercise services available for older people which are available for the participants also after finishing the project. The control group received no intervention. Physical activity, health and mobility were followed-up in three biannual telephone interviews in both the intervention and control group throughout the intervention. The follow-up interviews and physical assessments corresponding to those of baseline were done two years after the baseline in 2005. After these two-year follow-up examinations physical activity level and mobility limitation will be followed-up in three telephone interviews six months apart to the end of 2006. Follow-up of service use will continue until the end of the year 2007 and follow-up of institutionalisation and mortality until the death of the participant or 20 years; the data will be collected from population registers.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Physical activity level
2. Functional impairments
3. Mobility limitation
4. Disability
5. Quality of life
Secondary outcome measures
1. Use of health and social services
2. Institutionalisation
3. Mortality
Overall trial start date
31/03/2003
Overall trial end date
31/12/2007
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Cognitively intact community-living older people; the study group consisted of all the 75 - 81 year-old people living in the city center area in Jyväskylä, Finland. The inclusion criteria were set as follows:
1. The ability to walk at least 0.5 km without assistance
2. Only moderately physically active or sedentary
3. No memory impairment (Mini Mental State Examination [MMSE] greater than 21)
4. No medical contraindications for physical activity
5. Informed consent to participate
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Target population n = 1310, study group n = 632
Participant exclusion criteria
Those with severe mobility limitation (not able to walk 0.5 km independently), and those who were physically active (greater than 4 exercise a week), were excluded. In addition, subjects with MMSE points less than 22 were excluded.
Recruitment start date
31/03/2003
Recruitment end date
31/12/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Trial participating centre
Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology
Jyväskylä
FIN-40014
Finland
Sponsor information
Organisation
Ministry of Education (Finland)
Sponsor details
PL 29
00023 Valtioneuvosto
Helsinki
00023
Finland
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Ministry of Education (Finland)
Alternative name(s)
Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea, MOE
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
Federal/National Government
Location
Korea, South
Funder name
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (Finland)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
City of Jyväskylä (Finland)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
1. 2007 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17394477
2. 2010 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20881453
3. 2011 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21911336
Publication citations
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Protocol
Leinonen R, Heikkinen E, Hirvensalo M, Lintunen T, Rasinaho M, Sakari-Rantala R, Kallinen M, Koski J, Möttönen S, Kannas S, Huovinen P, Rantanen T, Customer-oriented counseling for physical activity in older people: study protocol and selected baseline results of a randomized-controlled trial (ISRCTN 07330512)., Scand J Med Sci Sports, 2007, 17, 2, 156-164, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00536.x.
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Results
Sallinen J, Mänty M, Leinonen R, Kallinen M, Törmäkangas T, Heikkinen E, Rantanen T, Factors associated with maximal walking speed among older community-living adults., Aging Clin Exp Res, 2011, 23, 4, 273-278, doi: 10.3275/7270.
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Results
Rasinaho M, Hirvensalo M, Törmäkangas T, Leinonen R, Lintunen T, Rantanen T, Effect of physical activity counseling on physical activity of older people in Finland (ISRCTN 07330512)., Health Promot Int, 2012, 27, 4, 463-474, doi: 10.1093/heapro/dar057.