Mobility limitation, participation restriction Signs and Symptoms Mobility limitation
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 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 i
Sponsors
University of Jyvaskylä (Finland)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. 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
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Severe memory loss 2. Completely unable to walk
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Social 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
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessed 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) | — |
Countries
Finland
Outcome results
None listed