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. 2024 Feb 20;13:e51462. doi: 10.2196/51462

Table 1.

Outcome measurements of the population-based prospective observational cohort study BeTaSen (Bewegungs-Tandems in den Lebenswelten Chemnitzer Seniorinnen und Senioren: ein Beitrag zur kommunalen Gesundheitsförderung). T1 is baseline, T2 is the end of the intervention period (12 months), and T3 is 6 months after the end of the intervention (study population: older adults aged 75 years or older living in Chemnitz, Germany).

Assessment Instrument or scale Time of measurement
Outcome T1, T2, T3

Physical function
  • Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)

  • Handgrip strength (handgrip dynamometer)



Physical activity
  • OMRON Walking Style One 2.1. Pedometer (7 days)

  • PRISCUS-PAQ



Psychosocial health
  • German Depression Scale (DIA-S)

  • Items of Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI)

  • Items of social support questionnaire (F-SozU)



Cognitive function
  • Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)


Process

Feasibility
  • Documentation of activity tandems and group meetings adherence rates

  • Qualitative interviews and self-administered questionnaire with older adults, mentors, exercise trainers, and communal partners

  • Each activity tandem or group session

  • Monthly during the activity tandem period and after the end of the individual intervention period (older adults); after the end of intervention in the respective neighborhood (mentors, communal partners)


Usefulness
  • Qualitative interviews and self-administered questionnaire with older adults, mentors, and exercise trainers

  • Monthly during the activity tandem period and after the end of the individual intervention period (older adults); after the end of intervention in the respective neighborhood (mentors, communal partners)


Implementation
(barriers and facilitators)
  • Qualitative interviews and self-administered questionnaire with mentors, exercise trainers, and communal partners

  • Monthly during the activity tandem period and after the end of the individual intervention period (older adults); after the end of intervention in the respective neighborhood (mentors, communal partners)