Healthy life style education to the elderly

Comparing the effect of group motivational interviewing with multimedia training on the elderly life style

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT201505068290N7

Enrollment

400

Registered

2015-10-11

Start date

2014-11-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Condition 1: Healthy lifestyle. Condition 2: Healthy lifestyle. Condition 3: Healthy lifestyle. Condition 4: Healthy lifestyle. Condition 5: Healthy lifestyle. Condition 6: lifestyle. Other problems related to lifestyle Lack of physical exercise Inappropriate diet and eating habits Tobacco use Alcohol use Problems related to lifestyle

Interventions

Intervention 1: The first intervention: group motivational interviewing: Selected subjects allocated in two groups of 15 and were under motivational interviewing in 5 sessions (weekly two-hour session

Lifestyle

The first intervention: group motivational interviewing: Selected subjects allocated in two groups of 15 and were under motivational interviewing in 5 sessions (weekly two-hour sessions). Sessions str

The second intervention: The training content of healthy lifestyle was designed as a multimedia software and introduced to the elderly.

The third intervention: there was no intervention in this group as the control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

55 Years to 90 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria were consent of participants in the study, the elderly aged 55 and over, the elderly with poor or moderate lifestyle for participating in the second phase, lack of specific physical and mental debilitating diseases, ability to read and write, and basic familiarity with computers in the second phase. Exclusion criteria were the reluctance of subjects to continue participating in the study, observation of specific mental health problems during the study, absence of more than 2 sessions in intervention group (motivational interviewing).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Healthy lifestyle. Timepoint: Before and three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Iranian lifestyle questionnaire elderly.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactHaji Amini Zahra

Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences

<Z_hajiamini@hotmail.com+98 21 2228 9941

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026