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Effectiveness, acceptability, and feasibility of a link worker-led social prescription to increase walking steps for community-dwelling older adults: A pilot Study

Social Prescribing for Elderly at High Risk for Social Isolation: A Cluster Non-Randomized Parallel Comparative Pilot Study - Effectiveness, acceptability, and feasibility of a link worker-led social prescription to increase walking steps for community-dwelling older adults: A pilot Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000047158
Enrollment
60
Registered
2022-03-12
Start date
2022-01-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, Type2 Diabetes, CKD, Ischemic heart disease, Osteoarthritis, Low back pain

Interventions

Social prescribing for 6 months

Sponsors

Teikyo university
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Over 65 years old 2) With one or more of the following medical conditions: hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, ischemic heart disease osteoarthritis, and low back pain 3) Regular outpatient visits at the participating clinics 4) Less than once a week face-to-face or non-face-to-face interaction with someone other than the person living with them

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) With a history of hospitalization for an underlying medical condition within the past six months or with poor control of the underlying medical condition 2) Necessity to limit their physical activity 3) Have not been vaccinated for COVID-19 4) Due to cognitive dysfunction, difficult to assess the relationship between social prescriptions and physical activity 5) Due to underlying disease or dependency, judged as not-appropriate for their participations by primary physician or specialist based on the relevant academic society guidelines 6) Judged by the principal investigator as not-appropriate as the research subjects of this study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Items related to feasibility in a large-scale study (e.g. percentage of successful recruitment, compliance with data collection, etc.)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Indicators needed to assess the effectiveness and safety of the intervention (e.g. physical activity, degree of frailty, degree of social isolation, level of well-being, mediated community activities, adverse events, etc.)

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactShinji Sato

Teikyo university Faculty of Medical Technology

shinjisato2005hawaii@yahoo.co.jp0120-508-739

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026