Screening and Counseling for physical Activity and Mobility in Older people

ISRCTN	ISRCTN07330512
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN07330512
Protocol serial number	Ministry of Education: 104/22/2004; Ministry of Social Affairs and Health: 09/TER/2005
Sponsor	Ministry of Education (Finland)
Funders	Ministry of Education (Finland), Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (Finland), City of Jyväskylä (Finland), University of Jyväskylä (Finland)

Submission date: 06/10/2005
Registration date: 15/11/2005
Last edited: 12/11/2012

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

Dr Raija Leinonen
Scientific

Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology
University of Jyväskylä
P.O. Box 35 (Viveca)
Jyväskylä
FIN-40014
Finland

Phone	+358 (0)14 260 2176
Email	raija.leinonen@sport.jyu.fi

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study acronym	SCAMOB
Study objectives	Physical activity counseling promotes physical activity, prevents mobility limitation and disability in older people.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	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
Primary outcome measure(s)	1. Physical activity level 2. Functional impairments 3. Mobility limitation 4. Disability 5. Quality of life
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Use of health and social services 2. Institutionalisation 3. Mortality
Completion date	31/12/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Senior
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	1310
Key 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
Key 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.
Date of first enrolment	31/03/2003
Date of final enrolment	31/12/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Finland

Study participating centre

Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology

Jyväskylä
FIN-40014
Finland

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/08/2011	Yes	No
Results article	results	01/12/2012	Yes	No
Protocol article	protocol	01/04/2007	Yes	No