Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity

Personal Resources of Elderly People With Multimorbidity: Fortification of Effective Health Behaviour

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01577134

Acronym

PREFER

Enrollment

310

Registered

2012-04-13

Start date

2012-04-30

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2015-03-31

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Conditions

Multimorbidity

Keywords

multimorbidity, autonomy, older adults, physical activity, intervention, behavior change

Brief summary

PREFER II aims at developing psychological targeted theory- and evidence-based intervention components, which support older people with multiple illnesses in performing more physical activity. Many studies provide evidence for the importance of physical activity as a central mediator of health. This means that determinants of physical activity such as personal resources constitute an ideal target for interventions. Within PREFER II, particularly positive views on ageing, attitudes, self-efficacy, planning and self-monitoring will be targeted in the interventions. These factors are important both for motivating older people with multiple illnesses to change their health behaviors and to translate such motivation into behavior.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALSocial-cognitive resource intervention

Intervention group that receives a behavior change technique intervention to increase volitional strategies and physical activity.

BEHAVIORALno intervention

Passive control group that receives no intervention until the 8.5 months follow-up. Subsequently, they receive the information by mail the active groups received within the intervention.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

64 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 64 years or older * community-residing

Exclusion criteria

* regularly exercising

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in physical activity	Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Change in quality of Life	Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months
Change in self-reported perceived autonomy	Baseline, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 8.5 months, 12 months

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026