Status:
COMPLETED
RCT of Health-promoting Intervention for Older Foreign-born Adults
Lead Sponsor:
Göteborg University
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Swedish Research Council
Conditions:
Health Behavior
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The overarching aim with this study was to develop, implement and evaluate a health promoting programme for people from Finland or the Western Balkan region, who were 70 years of age or older and inde...
Detailed Description
The study has developed tools for collaboration between the target group, staff and researchers, as well as with tools to bridge barriers to health promotion. For example, alternative ways to recruit ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Foreign-born from Finland or any of five countries in the Western Balkans (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia)
- 70 years of age or older
- Living in Angered, Gothenburg
- Living in their ordinary housing
- Not dependent on informal or formal help in daily activities
Exclusion
- Impaired cognition, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) below 80% of administered items
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
131 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01841853
Start Date
August 1 2012
End Date
January 1 2016
Last Update
May 13 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff
Gothenburg, Sweden, 40530