"Bliib Fit - Mach Mit!" in Residential Care Facilities

Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Physical Fitness in Older Adults; Exercise Program

Treatments: Other: Caregiver-led activation program; Other: Video-based exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06738186

2024-01990

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn, if the video-based exercise program "Bliib fit - mach mit!" can be used to improve physical fitness in older adults living in residential care facilities. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the video-based exercise program improve participants' physical fitness? Does the video-based exercise program improve participants' quality of life, perceived fall risk, self-efficacy and daily physical activity levels?

Researchers will compare this exercise program to an optimized standard care activation program (caregiver-led) to see if the video-based program can affect physical fitness in older adults living in residential care facilities.

Participants will participate in the exercise or activation program for 12 weeks, four times a week, with each session lasting 20 minutes.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Written informed consent
• Low to moderate risk of falling
• Physically and cognitively able to independently carry out exercise instructions (based on referral of clinical staff on site)
• Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) test score ≥ 20

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to speak or understand German
• High risk of falling
• Unstable cardiovascular condition or other health condition, which does not support a safe participation in exercise program (based on referral of clinical staff on site, patient file)
• Scheduled transfer to another institution within the next 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Video-based exericse program

Experimental group

Description:

Video-based exercise program "Bliib fit - mach mit!"

Treatment:

Other: Video-based exercise program

Caregiver-led activation program

Active Comparator group

Description:

An activation (exercise) program that is instructed and carried out by care professionals as optimized standard care.

Treatment:

Other: Caregiver-led activation program