Salutogenic Healthy Ageing Programme Embracement (SHAPE) for senior‐only households: A study protocol

摘要: Aims To evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-dimensional community-based health promotion and risk prevention programme, named Salutogenic Healthy Ageing Programme Embracement (SHAPE) for senior-only households in Singapore. Background In view ageing population its significant impacts on economy, societal structure policy-making, healthy emerges as an important concept maintaining through engagement health-promoting behaviour actions older people. Design A stratified randomized control trial with process evaluation is proposed. Methodology The salutogenic model, which focuses positive well-being optimizing outcomes, provides underpinning theoretical framework this study. SHAPE 12-week intervention programme comprising both weekly group-based activity sessions home visits. One hundred fifty-four eligible participants will be randomly allocated to either or group. Both outcome conducted. Outcome measures include sense coherence, quality life, behaviours, self-efficacy other health-related outcomes. These data collected at four time points: baseline, 3 months, 6 months 12 months. Individual qualitative face-to-face interviews conducted people receiving explore their views programme. Discussion use model breaks away from negatively connoted conventional biomedical addresses optimization health, providing overall holistic approach care seeks identify, equip strengthen resources households, encouraging adaption risk-preventing achieve better outcomes higher life.