Reporter brief
A Randomised Pilot Study of Navigator and Coach Support for Participation in Community Activities to Promote Physical Activity and Social Contact in Persons Aged 65 Years and Older
What happened
Trial registry update: NOT_YET_RECRUITING. No results reported in the supplied registry record.
Why it matters
Assessment pending; this report does not establish a change in evidence.
What it does NOT prove
- The effectiveness of navigator support on physical activity, social contact, or frailty outcomes cannot be evaluated from this abstract, which reports only the protocol; no results are presented. The pragmatic pilot design was chosen due to uncertainties in intervention delivery, meaning this is not a definitive efficacy trial. Whether the intervention works better than usual care, what magnitude of benefit might be achievable, or whether effects persist beyond the study period are all unknown from this abstract.
Study design and sample
Rct; Human.
Persons aged 65 years and older with low physical and/or social activity; Swiss population context mentioned with 12% frail and 46% pre-frail.
- Design
- Rct
- Sample
- —
- Journal
- Bastiaan Van Grootven
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026
Effect size
Not recorded.
Caveats
- Assessment: Unassessed.
- Only the source material recorded on this evidence page was assessed.
Conflicts and funding
Not recorded.
Previous evidence
See the Social connection timeline and recorded assessment for prior evidence.
Primary source
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