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ArticleBMC geriatrics2025

Personalised, GIS-based counselling to promote habitual walking in mobility-limited and chronically ill older adults: protocol of the MOBITEC-Routes randomised controlled trial.

Timo Hinrichs, René Schilling, Alexandros Sofios, Denis Infanger, Luisa Prechtl, Nora Stauffer, Viviane Eichenberger, Eleftheria Giannouli, Taina Rantanen, Erja Portegijs and 5 more

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Article in BMC geriatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Timo HinrichsDepartment of Sport, Exercise, and Health, Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Basel, Grosse Allee 6, Basel, CH-4052, Switzerland. timo.hinrichs@unibas.ch.
René SchillingDepartment of Sport, Exercise, and Health, Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Basel, Grosse Allee 6, Basel, CH-4052, Switzerland.
Alexandros SofiosUniversity Research Priority Program (URPP) Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Denis InfangerDepartment of Sport, Exercise, and Health, Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Basel, Grosse Allee 6, Basel, CH-4052, Switzerland.
Luisa PrechtlDepartment of Sport, Exercise, and Health, Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Basel, Grosse Allee 6, Basel, CH-4052, Switzerland.
Nora StaufferDepartment of Sport, Exercise, and Health, Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Basel, Grosse Allee 6, Basel, CH-4052, Switzerland.
Viviane EichenbergerDepartment of Sport, Exercise, and Health, Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Basel, Grosse Allee 6, Basel, CH-4052, Switzerland.
Eleftheria GiannouliDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Taina RantanenFaculty of Sport and Health Sciences and Gerontology Research Centre, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Erja PortegijsDepartment of Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Corina Schuster-AmftDepartment of Sport, Exercise, and Health, Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Basel, Grosse Allee 6, Basel, CH-4052, Switzerland.
Anna MaiDepartment of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Arno Schmidt-TrucksässDepartment of Sport, Exercise, and Health, Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Basel, Grosse Allee 6, Basel, CH-4052, Switzerland.
Christina RöckeUniversity Research Priority Program (URPP) Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Robert WeibelUniversity Research Priority Program (URPP) Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Funding

Velux Stiftung 1782
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical activity is a cornerstone of health for older adults. Recent evidence underscores that even regular light activity, such as routine walking, offers substantial health benefits. Traditional approaches to promoting walking often overlook the importance of the local neighbourhood environment and the wide range of abilities and preferences of older adults. A personalised walking intervention - emphasizing personal preferences and local facilitators by employing Geographic information System (GIS)-based methods for communication and goal setting - might help to overcome problems of low long-term adherence to walking interventions. The MOBITEC-Routes trial aims to assess the effects of personalised, GIS-based walking promotion - versus general information on determinants of health - for mobility-limited and chronically ill older adults on walking (primary outcome) immediately after the 15-week intervention period (primary endpoint) and after another 8 months of follow-up (secondary endpoint).

methodsThis prospective, two-arm, single centre randomised controlled trial targets sedentary, mobility-limited, chronically ill, and community-living older adults aged 65 + (target N = 130). Outcomes are assessed after 15 weeks of intervention and after an additional 8 months of follow-up. The experimental intervention offers personalised promotion of habitual walking, delivered by an exercise professional in face-to-face and telephone sessions. Opportunities to increase leisure as well as utilitarian walking are identified by using interactive digital maps, personalised walking routes are co-created by the exercise professional and the participant, and a personalised activity plan is developed. Behaviour change strategies are employed. The control group receives general information on determinants of health. Outcomes include walking (average steps per day; primary outcome), time spent lying, sitting, standing and stepping, physical function, life-space mobility, health-related quality of life, fall-related self-efficacy, active aging, as well as constructs of the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model (secondary outcomes). Effects will be analysed by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA; primary analysis intention-to-treat, complemented by per-protocol). DISCUSSION: By incorporating personal preferences and the neighbourhood environment, this intervention aims to promote walking as a sustainable and meaningful part of everyday life for mobility-limited and chronically ill older adults. If the personalised GIS-based approach is successful, it could be seamlessly integrated into preventive healthcare strategies.

trial registrationISRCTN17473086 (Registration date 22/11/2024).

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CounselingGeographic Information SystemsHealth PromotionMobility LimitationWalkingAgedAged, 80 and overChronic DiseaseFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMulticenter Studies as TopicProspective StudiesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAgingEnvironmentGeographic information systemsHealth promotionInertial sensorsMobility limitationNeighbourhood characteristicsPhysical activitySpatial behaviourWalking speed

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PMCPMC12220033

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