The PreventIT Trial in Young Older Adults, Comparing Two Lifestyle-integrated Exercise Interventions

The aLiFE programme is taught by an instructor during six home visits and 3 phone calls during the 6-month intervention period. The programme will be personalised by use of an initial balance and strength assessment (aLiFE assessment tool). The participants assigns activities to his or her daily activities, and during subsequent home visits, the number of activities and task demands are upgraded. Participants will be taught how to select opportunities themselves to embed activities into their individual daily routine, and how to progress over time.

The eLIFE includes a personalised ICT-administered training schedule using the activities developed in aLiFE, delivered in the form of video clips, pictures and text/verbal instructions on a smartphone and smartwatch application. Personalisation of activity content will be decided based on a phenotype tool and initial difficulty level is decided through the aLiFE assessment tool. In addition, a virtual instructor teaches the participants how to carry out the eLiFE programme. The user receives motivational messages and feedback, and there will be a possibility for social interaction between the participants. The instructors teach the eLiFE participants the programme during 4 home visits and 3 phone calls during the 6 month intervention period.

The control group follows the World Health Organization's recommendations of physical activity. The control participants will receive one home visit and be given a written letter with the activity recommendations.