Volunteering, access to Outdoor activities and Wellbeing in older people

ISRCTN ISRCTN56847832
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN56847832
Secondary identifying numbers N/A
Submission date
06/09/2010
Registration date
21/10/2010
Last edited
30/06/2014
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Signs and Symptoms
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Taina Rantanen
Scientific

PO Box 35
Jyvaskyla
40014
Finland

Study information

Study designRandomised single blind controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Other
Study typeQuality of life
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titleVolunteering, access to Outdoor activities and Wellbeing in older people: a randomised single blinded controlled trial with an intervention group and a waiting list control group
Study acronymVOW
Study objectivesImproved access to outdoor activities will improve quality of life and wellbeing of people with severe mobility limitation who are unable to leave their apartment on their own.
Ethics approval(s)Ethical Committee of Central Finland Hospital District, 22/09/2008
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedMobility limitation, participation restriction
InterventionIntervention group:
Outdoor physical activity; each experiemental group member will be assigned a trained volunteer worker who will assist the participant in participating in recreational out of home activities once a week for three months. This intervention requires recruitment, training and mentoring of volunteers. Volunteers are older retired people.

Control group:
3-month waiting list control group.

Total duration of intervention is 3 months.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureSocial and environmental domains of QoL, measured with World Health Organization Quality of Life-brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) assessed at the end of the three month intervention
Secondary outcome measuresAssessed at the end of the three month intervention:
1. Loneliness and perceived social support (Social Provision Scale)
2. Depressiveness (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale [CES-D])
3. Life satisfaction (Life Satisfaction Index Z)
4. Mobility limitation and physiological impairment (validated at-home tests and self-report methods)
5. Self-perceptions of health and functional abilities, motives for and barriers to physical activity, level of physical activity, social relationships and networks and other relevant life-style and health dimensions (validated questionnaires)
Overall study start date01/01/2009
Completion date31/12/2011

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupSenior
SexBoth
Target number of participants120
Key inclusion criteria1. Older community living people
2. Severe mobility limitation with difficulty in accessing the outdoors
3. Recruited through the municipal home services of the city of Jyväskylä (also, in some cases family members contact for recruitment)
4. Aged 70+ years, either sex
5. Consent to participate
6. Sufficient cognitive capacity to participate in the study
Key exclusion criteria1. Severe memory loss
2. Completely unable to walk
Date of first enrolment01/01/2009
Date of final enrolment31/12/2011

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Finland

Study participating centre

PO Box 35
Jyvaskyla
40014
Finland

Sponsor information

University of Jyvaskylä (Finland)
University/education

PO Box 35
Jyväskyla
40014
Finland

Website https://www.jyu.fi/
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/05n3dz165

Funders

Funder type

Charity

Finland's Slot Machine Association (Finland)

No information available

Finnish Ministry of Culture and Education (Finland)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/03/2015 Yes No
Results article results 01/04/2015 Yes No