The Active Plus project: A tailored advice to enhance physical activity among the over-fifties.

The Active plus project: (Cost-)effectiveness and feasibility of innovative tailoring interventions to enhance physical activity among the over-fifties.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON28781

Enrollment

1250

Registered

2010-04-26

Start date

2010-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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

Conditions

Increase in physical activity level will have a preventive function for cardiovasculair diseases, diabetes II, osteoporosis, cancer, depression, overweight, and improves muscle functioning

Interventions

Four intervention conditions will be provided: 1. Basic print-delivered intervention: Subjects in this condition will three times receive tailored advice on their psychosocial determinants of physica

2. Basic web-based intervention: Subjects in this condition will three times receive tailored advice online via the internet on their psychosocial determinants of physical activity. The intervention w

3. Print-delivered intervention with environmental approach: Subjects in this condition will three times receive tailored advice by written letters on their psychosocial determinants of physical activ

4. Web-based intervention with environmental approach: Subjects in this condition will three times receive tailored advice online via the internet on their psychosocial determinants of physical activi

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Over 50 years; 2. Recruited in region GGD Zuid Holland Zuid, GGD Kennemerland, GGD Zaanstreek-Waterland, GGD Amsterdam and region GGD Zeeland.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: If a physican advised against participating in physical activity.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Physical activity level (SQUASH).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Changes on socio-cognitive determinants of changing and maintaining physical activity behaviour. Further more, subjective health, Quality of Life; experienced fitness, BMI, number of sick days, number of visits to the general practitioner or specialist in past 6 months will be assessed. These measurements will also be taken into account in the cost-effectiveness study as resource use and cost factors. Effects on productivity are measured in terms of absence from work due to illness.	—

Measure

Time frame

Changes on socio-cognitive determinants of changing and maintaining physical activity behaviour. Further more, subjective health, Quality of Life; experienced fitness, BMI, number of sick days, number of visits to the general practitioner or specialist in past 6 months will be assessed. These measurements will also be taken into account in the cost-effectiveness study as resource use and cost factors. Effects on productivity are measured in terms of absence from work due to illness.

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Contacts

Public ContactD. Peels

Postbus 2960

denise.peels@ou.nl+31 (0)45 5762296

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)