Table 1 Intervention description using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist

1. Brief name

Combined physical activity promotion and fall prevention intervention enhanced with health coaching and pedometers to increase older adults’ physical activity levels and mobility-related goals.

2. Why

Physical inactivity and falls in older people are important public health problems. Health conditions that could be ameliorated with physical activity are particularly common in older people. One in three people aged 65 years and over fall at least once annually, often resulting in significant injuries and ongoing disability. These problems need to be urgently addressed as the population proportion of older people is rapidly rising.

3. What- materials

Participants will receive:

•The “Staying Active and On Your Feet” fall prevention booklet developed by the NSW Ministry of Health

•An assessment of their fall risk factors using the QuickScreen fall risk assessment [15]

•A pedometer enhanced with a web-interface ("fitbit", www.fitbit.com/au) to give feedback on the amount of daily physical activity achieved.

4. What- procedures

Telephone or email-based health coaching will be used to identify barriers and facilitators to physical activity participation, and to provide education and support to assist participants to reduce their risk of falling and to achieve their physical activity goals.

5. Who provided

Three health coaches with professional backgrounds in physiotherapy will deliver the intervention.

6. How

The fall risk assessment and tailored fall prevention and physical activity plan will be delivered during one face to face interview. Health coaching will be delivered via telephone or email contact.

7. Where

The intervention will be delivered to community dwelling people in Sydney and surrounds, Australia.

8. When and how much

The face to face assessment and interview will occur at the beginning of the intervention period and will last for approximately 2 hours. The telephone-based health coaching will occur after the face to face assessment and interview, once every 2 weeks for approximately 20 minutes for a total duration of 6 months.

9. Tailoring

The fall prevention aspect of the intervention will be tailored to individual need with reference to the fall risk assessment results. The physical activity plan will be tailored to participant goals, current physical ability and preferences.