LILL-OPM v1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Lifestyle in Later Life of older people living with frailty and multiple long-term conditions attending an Older People’s Medicine service: feasibility and acceptability study
IRAS ID
284186
Contact name
Avan Sayer
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Newcastle University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Lifestyle factors (exercise, diet, sleep, smoking, alcohol) are important influences on health. However, much of the evidence of the benefits of ‘healthy’ lifestyles has come from studying younger adults, and although beneficial effects are evident across the lifecourse, much less is known of the role of lifestyle in older age when general health is not so good. Many studies of older people are not representative; participants are more likely to be healthier, and therefore more willing and able to take part. In contrast, community-dwelling older adults living at home with frailty and multiple long-term conditions remain a less studied group and little is known of their lifestyle and health behaviours. Patients attending an Older People’s Medicine Service will be recruited to this study. Successful engagement of this underserved group in research will enable us to gain a better understanding of lifestyle influences on their health, as well as provide insights into their attitudes to exercise and experience of taking part in research. The findings will inform new approaches to involvement with potential benefit for older patients, Older People’s Medicine services and the wider NHS.
This study will provide new quantitative descriptive data on an underserved group within the older population, with important qualitative insights gained into how to reach and involve these patients in research, with their views sought together with those of their carers. As well as informing future study design, findings from this work will provide evidence on the required infrastructure that can be embedded in routine healthcare to enable the collection of research data on older patients.
REC name
London - Harrow Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/LO/1243
Date of REC Opinion
19 Jan 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion