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12-week peer-led intervention
- 'Walk with Me' is a 12-week peer-led intervention developed to enable older adults from areas of socioeconomic disadvantage to become more active. The intervention was developed using guidance from previous successful interventions and with input from older adults who lived in these communities.
fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR131550Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-led walking ...
Aims of the ‘Walk with Me’ project. Using the Medical Research Council (MRC) framework for complex interventions, 34 we designed and tested the feasibility of a multilevel peer-led physical activity intervention for older adults, tailored to meet the needs of the local community.
- 2019/05
Development of the ‘Walk with Me’ peer-led walking intervention to increase physical activity in inactive older adults. The first phase in developing the complex intervention was to gather relevant evidence and theory to develop a logic model for the intervention, including the proposed causal pathways and relevant outcome measures.
- 2019/05
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-led walking programme to increase physical activity in inactive older adults: “Walk with Me Study”.
‘Walk with Me’ is a 12-week peer-led walking intervention based on social cognitive theory. Participants met weekly with peer mentors. During the initial period (weeks 1–4), each intervention group participant wore a pedometer and set weekly step goals with their mentor’s support.
- Mark A Tully, Conor Cunningham, Ashlene Wright, Ilona McMullan, Julie Doherty, Debbie Collins, Catri...
- 2019
The ‘Walk with Me’ intervention was developed using guidance from previous successful interventions and with input from older adults. Interviews with older people from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities indicated that many lived busy lives and felt that having a peer mentor to walk with would help them become more active.
The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Walk with Me peer-led walking intervention for older adults. Methods: This study is a two-arm, assessor-blind, randomised controlled trial.
