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Sheds for Life: An evaluation of a community- based men’s health promotion programme in the men's shed setting through the application of implementation science

The effect of a 10-week gender-specific men's health intervention on health and wellbeing outcomes of men's shed members

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN79921361
Enrollment
600
Registered
2021-03-05
Start date
2019-03-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-09-09

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Conditions

Promotion of physical activity, subjective wellbeing, mental well-being and healthy diet in men's shed members Not Applicable

Interventions

Sheds for Life is a 10-week tailored and targeted intervention delivered directly in the men’s shed setting. Participants are non-randomized and Sheds self-select into the intervention. A clustered de
CPR, suicide prevention, diabetes awareness, cancer awareness, digital literacy, bereavement, dementia awareness and oral health awareness. The core objectives of the intervention are standardised acr

Sponsors

Waterford Institute of Technology
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult males in the men's shed setting

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Non-proficiency in the English language

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. General health history, help-seeking and perception, measured using a questionnaire adapted from SLÁN 2007 [Barry et al., 2009] assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months 2. Self-rated health measured using a single question Likert scale with high reliability among older men (Lunderberg and Manderbacka, 1996) assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months 3. Changes in physical activity; The single item walking measure will be used to record days walking on an 8-point scale (0-7), average minutes walking will be recorded and the single-item PA measure will be used to record PA levels (Milton, Bull and Bauman, 2011). All assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months 4. Physical activity self-efficacy: measured with The Self-Efficacy for Exercise Scale (SEE) assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months (Resnick and Jenkins, 2000) 5. Subjective wellbeing: Life worth and satisfaction will be recorded at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months using the Office of National Statistics subjective wellbeing 11-point scales (ONS, 2015) 6. Mental wellbeing will be measured at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months using the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) with raw to metric score conversion where a change of 2+ is considered relevant (Stewart-Brown et al., 2009) 7. Social Captial; belonging, close support and trust will be assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months adapted from the whatworkswellbeing questionnaire and Office of National Statistics (2016) 8. Dietary habits and confidence assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months from the Garcia et al., (2017) adapted questionnaire. 9. Alcohol habits, measured using a questionnaire adapted from SLÁN [Barry et al., 2009] assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months 10. Smoking habits, measured using a questionnaire adapted from SLÁN [Barry et al., 2009] assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Cost-effectiveness measured using the SF-6D assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months (Brazier, Roberts & Deverill, 2002) 2. Assessment of implementation outcomes and process to inform sustainability and scale-up of the intervention using established implementation frameworks; The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (Damschroder et al., 2009), The PRACTical planning for Implementation and Scale-up guide (Koorts et al., 2018), The taxonomy of implementation outcomes (Proctor et al., 2011). Data collected through focus groups, interviews and field notes with key stakeholders (participants, service providers, host organisation) 3. Assessment of optional intervention components, tracking changes in confidence, knowledge and attitudes assessed at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months

Countries

Ireland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 23, 2026