ArticleBMC geriatrics2019
Individualized counselling for active aging: protocol of a single-blinded, randomized controlled trial among older people (the AGNES intervention study).
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- Effect of Health Promotion Interventions in Active Aging in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2023Trial
- Effects of an Individualized Active Aging Counseling Intervention on Mobility and Physical Activity: Secondary Analyses of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of aging and health · 2020Trial
- Use it or lose it: a four-year follow-up assessing whether physical activity near one's capacity reduces the risk of functional decline among older adults.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025Article
- Reliability and validity of the German version of the University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (UJACAS-G).Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2024Article
- Interventions to improve outdoor mobility among people living with disabilities: A systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Review
- Meaningful Activities and Psychosomatic Functions in Japanese Older Adults after Driving Cessation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Day-to-Day Variability and Year-to-Year Reproducibility of Accelerometer-Measured Free-Living Sit-to-Stand Transitions Volume and Intensity among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The effect of individualized, theory-based counselling intervention on active aging and quality of life among older people (the AGNES intervention study).Aging clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
- Associations between Depressive Symptoms and Satisfaction with Meaningful Activities in Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundActive aging has been established as a policy goal for aging societies. We define active aging at the individual level as striving for elements of well-being through activities in relation to a person's goals, functional capacities and opportunities. Increasing evidence suggests that any meaningful activity is beneficial for different aspects of well-being in older people. The aim of the present randomized controlled trial is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a one-year community-based intervention on active aging. The AGNES intervention aims at increasing older peoples' participation in self-selected valued activities.
methodsThe proposed study is a two-arm single-blinded randomized controlled trial. The intervention group receives individually tailored counselling for an active life (one face-to-face session, four phone calls and supportive written material) and the control group written general health information only. Two hundred older adults aged 75- and 80- year old, with intermediate mobility function and without cognitive impairment, living independently in the municipality of Jyväskylä, Finland, are recruited and randomized with a 1:1 allocation to the intervention and control group. Randomization is computer-generated stratified by sex and age. The primary outcome is active aging and secondary outcomes are well-being, depressive symptoms, quality of life, personal goals, mobility and physical activity. Measures are administered at pre-trial, mid-trial (at 6 months) and post-trial (12 months after baseline). DISCUSSION: The AGNES intervention study will provide new knowledge on the effects of individualized counselling on active aging and the potential of older people to promote their own well-being.
trial registrationThe trial is registered at ISRCTN - ISRCTN16172390 : Promoting well-being through active aging.
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