THE EFFECT OF TRANS-THEORETICAL MODEL BASED-MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING ON PROMOTING EXERCISE BEHAVIOR IN HEALTHY ELDERLY: STUDY PROTOCOL OF A RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED TRIAL

Individualized health promotion activities are needed to bring the disadvantaged groups into healthy lifestyle behaviors. The elderly is both most inactive and affected by inactivity in community. Primary care nurses can help 65+ individuals gain exercise behavior using their educator guidance roles. Trans-Theoretical Model (TTM) an individualized counselling model that evaluates change as a process. TTM with motivational interviews (MI) used promote various This randomized-controlled trial will be conducted investigate effect of based-MI on promoting elderly. population constituted voluntary seniors who meet inclusion criteria (n=117) from 65-74 aged (N=1630) registered family center. A power analysis was performed for sample size estimation .30 .80 power. projected found 90. participants divided stratums, blocking according age, gender stages change. created stratums allocated intervention control randomly. data gathered via questionnaire, scales, KATZ Activities Daily Living Scale (KATZ-ADL) Physical Activity Elderly (PASE). Waist circumferences measured average weekly step counts calculated pedometer. collected independent researcher, blinded study groups. TTM-based MI gaining program planned apply group overall six times (face-to-face four biweekly twice telephone weeks). Intervention period months. results obtained expected guide community terms older individuals. clinicaltrials.gov, NCT04128553.