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Can Primary Care Change Elderly Physical Activity and Salt Intake? An Australian Pilot Trial

NCT01693536 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 85

Last updated 2012-09-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A randomised controlled trial to test if offering three visits to a dietician + two visits to a physiotherapist over six months + a home sphygmomanometer, will result in a reduction in sodium intake and an increase in fitness in people over 75yrs. Volunteers were enrolled from Oct 2008 to July 2009.

Conditions

  • Health Behaviour

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle counselling

as in Arm Description

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Health HQ

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Norman A Hohl, MBBS, FRACGP · Medical Director Health HQ, Ass Prof Bond Uni Faculty Health Science

  • Chris del Mar, FAFPHM,MD,MA · Dean BOND Uni Faculty Health Science & Medicine (at time of study)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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