Behaviour change to promote health and well-being in later life: a goal-setting intervention

改变行为以促进晚年的健康和福祉：目标设定干预

• 批准号: G1001888/1
• 负责人: Linda Clare
• 金额: $ 41.3万
• 依托单位: Bangor University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=G1001888%2F1
• 关键词: Behaviour; change; promote; health; well

Older people form an increasingly large group within our society. Living longer brings a greater risk of physical and mental decline and loneliness, and a greater need for care and support. There is also a greater risk of developing age-related diseases such as Alzheimer?s. Because of this, we urgently need to find ways of promoting good health in later life, and preventing, delaying or reducing the impact of age-related disability. This is essential if older people are to enjoy a good quality of life and remain independent for as long as possible. Lifestyle choices appear to influence well-being in old age. People who engage in plenty of mental, physical and social activity tend to have better well-being and remain independent for longer. Unfortunately, many older people are mentally and physically under-active and socially isolated. This suggests that we need to encourage lasting behaviour change. People are more likely to alter their behaviour if they have support from others and access to facilities and resources. We will establish a resource centre for over 50s that offers social contact and a range of relevant activities. Within this context, we will compare different approaches to encouraging increases in physical and mental activity. Everyone who attends will be invited to take part, and those who agree will be allocated randomly to have one of three types of interview. One will involve a general chat about the centre. The second will focus on goal-setting, working with the person to identify up to five areas where they would like to make changes and devising a plan to achieve these goals. The third will be similar to the second but participants will also receive a mentoring phone call every two months. After a year, we will find out how much the three groups have increased their levels of mental and physical activity, and compare the effects of the different types of interview. The findings will be used to inform policy makers and service providers about ways of improving well-being in later life. They will also provide a basis for developing a larger study in which we will follow up the participants for a number of years to find out whether changes in behaviour result in greater well-being and help to reduce the impact of age-related disability and disease.

老年人在我们的社会中构成一个越来越大的群体。寿命越长，身心衰退和孤独的风险越大，对照顾和支持的需求也越大。也有更大的风险发展与年龄有关的疾病，如阿尔茨海默氏症？S.因此，我们迫切需要找到促进晚年健康的方法，并预防、延迟或减少与年龄有关的残疾的影响。如果老年人要享受高质量的生活并尽可能长时间地保持独立，这是必不可少的。生活方式的选择似乎会影响老年人的幸福感。从事大量精神，身体和社会活动的人往往有更好的幸福感，并保持更长的独立性。不幸的是，许多老年人在精神上和身体上都不活跃，与社会隔绝。这表明我们需要鼓励持久的行为改变。如果人们得到他人的支持并能够获得设施和资源，他们就更有可能改变自己的行为。我们将为50岁以上的人建立一个资源中心，提供社会联系和一系列相关活动。在此背景下，我们将比较不同的方法，以鼓励增加身体和精神活动。所有参加的人都将被邀请参加，同意的人将被随机分配到三种面试中的一种。其中一个将涉及对该中心的一般性交谈。第二个将侧重于目标设定，与人合作，以确定多达五个领域，他们希望作出改变，并制定计划，以实现这些目标。第三次与第二次类似，但参与者也将每两个月收到一次指导电话。一年后，我们将发现这三组人的精神和身体活动水平提高了多少，并比较不同类型面试的效果。调查结果将用于向决策者和服务提供者提供有关改善晚年福祉的方法的信息。他们还将为开展一项更大规模的研究提供基础，在这项研究中，我们将对参与者进行多年的随访，以了解行为变化是否会带来更大的福祉，并有助于减少与年龄有关的残疾和疾病的影响。