Effectiveness of GO for Transitional Housing Residents
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age10+
SponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
About this trial
The goal of this pre-post study is to enhance the health and wellness of the residents in the Concordia Tsat Sing Kong Transitional Housing Estate. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Green Oasis (GO) wellness program in:
1. Increase health awareness and engaging in health promoting activities, including more physical activities/walking, gardening. 2. Enhance happiness and quality of life.
Participants will:
* complete physical exercises, gardening, and interact with the GO website * receive health talks
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Aged 10 or above.
Scored >6 in the Abbreviated Mental Test; a cut-off point of 6 is valid in differentiating between normal and abnormal cognitive functions for geriatric clients.
Can understand Cantonese.
Able to take part in light exercise and stretching.
Disqualifiers
Have a serious organic disease or malignant tumor.
Have a mental disorder diagnosed by neurologists or psychiatrists.
Experienced drug addiction
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
GO
BehavioralGreen Oasis wellness program: include physical exercises, gardening, interaction with the developed website. Participants' general health status and website evaluation will be measured at T0 (baseline), T1 (3 months), T2 (9 months), using standardized questionnaires. Study Design: pre-post study, 50 participants will be recruited from the Concordia Tsat Sing Kong transitional housing estate.
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: GO groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Quality of life (World Health Organization)
Conducting pre- and post-test of WHOQOL-BREF. The brief, Chinese version of the World Health Organization's quality of life scale (WHOQOL-BREF) has our domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment. A 5-point response scale is used in the scale. Higher scores indicate higher quality of life. WHOQOL-BREF has good validity and reliability.
Time frame
T0 (baseline), T1 (6 months), T2 (12 months)2
Happiness
Conducting pre- and post-test of Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS). The Subjective Happiness Scale's Chinese adaptation (SHS) consists of 4 items to measure individual levels of subjective happiness. It features 4 questions, each evaluated on a 7-point Likert scale, where a higher score signifies a higher degree of subjective happiness
Time frame
T0 (baseline), T1 (6 months), T2 (12 months)3
Activities of daily living
Conducting pre- and post-test of Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (ADLQ). The activities of daily living questionnaire (ADLQ) will be measured by the Barthel Index, which consists of 10 items of ADL, including mobility and self-care ability. It refers to the basic self-care tasks that individuals perform daily to maintain their overall well-being and take care of themselves; the activities include eating, grooming, bathing, and dressing.
Time frame
T0 (baseline), T1 (6 months), T2 (12 months)4
Physical activity
Conducting pre- and post-test of the 5-Item Physical Activity Questionnaire. The Chinese adoption of the 5-item physical activity questionnaire will be used to assess the physical activity levels of the participants. This questionnaire uses a 5-point Likert scale to assess five items: frequency, duration, intensity, overall length, and type of activities the participants perform during their spare times. The test-retest reliability of this questionnaire is between 0.61 and 0.91, indicating its usefulness.
Time frame
T0 (baseline), T1 (6 months), T2 (12 months)Secondary outcomes
1
Website evaluation
Website will be assessed using the Chinese version of the System Usability Scale (SUS). The SUS consists of 10 items rated using a 5-point Likert scale. A higher total score indicates better quality of the rated system. This scale has good reliability, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.84.
Time frame
2 weeks after T2 (post-test)2
Semi-structured interview
Interview participants about joining the program, their perceived benefits, challenges, etc.
Time frame
within 2 weeks after T2 (post-test)Sponsors and contacts
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Lead sponsor
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Sponsor institution
Source ClinicalTrials.gov