Liveonline Training Course to Improve Food Habits and Enhance Physical Activity in Older Adults

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02502305

Acronym

LIFE!

Enrollment

101

Registered

2015-07-20

Start date

2015-02-28

Completion date

2015-11-30

Last updated

2017-04-19

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Conditions

Impaired Health, Motivation

Keywords

health literacy, attitude, motivation

Brief summary

Aim of the study is to find out if the live online course is effective with regard to health promotion. Older adults receive support to initiate a health behavior (i.e., to enhance physical activity or to improve food habits). Motivation, confidence and self-management strategies are optimized to make sure participants are able to integrate the physical activity or healthy diet into their daily life.

Detailed description

Aim of the study is to support older adults to define a personal health behavior (to enhance physical activity, to improve food habits), to check and optimize this intention regarding self-efficacy and volitional competencies, such as action and coping planning, disability management to adopt and maintain their behavior successfully. Research questions: * What is the pathway from health information/intention to behavioural change (motivational and volitional processes)? * Which are the crucial social-cognitive variables in educating/coaching adults with low health literacy in daily self-management? * Which other resources (e.g. social support) should be targeted in interventions to empower people in health behaviour change and maintenance?

Interventions

BEHAVIORALliveonline course

physical activity and healthy diet are targeted and should be enhanced, health literacy (HL) in older people should be improved

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

50 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* internet access at home * proficient language skills (German)

Exclusion criteria

* no internet access at home * no proficient language skills (German) * contra-indication for physical activity or a diet rich in fruit and vegetables

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
health literacy	up to 4 months	health literacy will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
physical activity	up to 4 months	physical activity will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire
healthy diet	up to 4 months	healthy diet will be assessed by questions in a questionnaire

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

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