城市护理农业以提高老年人生活质量:等待列表随机试验的协议
Cynthia Chen1,2, Jocelin Lam1, Zhenye Shi1
1Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, 12 Science Drive 2, 09-01T, Singapore, 117549, Singapore, (65) 6601 5526.
JMIR research protocols
|February 25, 2026
概括
城市护理农业 (UCF) 改善了老年人的生活质量和健康状况. 这一随机试验调查了UCF.
科学领域:
- 老年学与公共卫生
- 行为干预行为干预
- 基于社区的研究.
背景情况:
- 人口老龄化给卫生系统带来了重大挑战和成本.
- 老年人经常经历长期的疾病,影响生活质量.
- 通过积极和健康的衰老策略来改善健康是幸福的关键.
研究的目的:
- 评估城市护理农业 (UCF) 作为一种行为干预措施的有效性.
- 评估UCF对老年人的生活质量和生物心理社会健康结果的影响.
- 通过基于社区的计划,促进积极健康的老龄化.
主要方法:
- 一个并行组,双臂实用等候名单随机试验与1:1分配.
- 招募50-85岁的社区居住参与者,没有移动问题.
- 干预组24周的UCF计划;等候名单对照没有接受干预.
- 主要结果:世界卫生组织生活质量简要版本;次要结果:生理,认知,脆弱和心理社会措施.
- 在基线,干预后6个月和12个月收集的数据.
- 分析使用混合效应差异对重复测量的差异回归.
主要成果:
- 随机对照试验招募了137名参与者 (67名干预,70名控制).
- 干预和6个月后续的数据收集正在进行中.
- 目前正在进行基线和6个月后续数据分析.
结论:
- 研究结果将阐明UCF对老龄人口生活质量和健康的影响.
- 调查结果可能会为解决与年龄有关的健康问题的公共卫生策略提供信息.
- 该试验是可扩展的,基于社区的干预研究的模型.
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