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Application of Health Empowerment Theory to Enhance Health Empowerment Levels and Self-Health Management Ability Among Older Migrants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT06914739 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2025-04-06

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Summary

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a theory-based health self-management program in empowering older migrants to manage their health. This study used a single-blind, randomized controlled trial design. A comparison was conducted between the experimental and control groups in terms of pre-test and post-test levels of health empowerment and health self-management abilities.

Conditions

  • Health Self-management

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

The Health Empowerment Theory (HET) program

The intervention group received the HET-based intervention program for 12 weeks. From the first week to the fourth week, community nurses interacted with the participants face-to-face to analyze and establish their problems and needs in health management (usual community health services utilization, such as medicine purchases and vaccinations) and helped clarify the importance of health management and their strengths (such as existing health knowledge). From the fifth to twelfth weeks, participants attended health knowledge lectures led by community nurses, covering topics such as: a) healthy lifestyle, primarily diet, exercise, and disease prevention and management for older adults; and b) community health services, which included recent or long-term community health services (such as health examinations for older adults and family doctor contracts). WeChat groups and offline gatherings at community health centers (with groups of eight to ten peers) were organized to interact and comm

BEHAVIORAL

routine community care

The control group received routine community care, including notifications of community- related activities and lectures through WeChat group chats or telephone calls, and had questions answered by researchers and community nurses.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • TianLe Xiang

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-12
Primary Completion
2022-02-08
Completion
2022-02-12

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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