Circle Dance for Family Caregivers of the Elderly With Alzheimer. (CircleCare)

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Family Caregiver

Treatments: Other: Circle Dance Program (CircleCare)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03081533

62112716.8.0000.5504

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of this research is to compare the effects of a 12-week CircleCare on physical functioning of family caregivers of the elderly with AD. Effects on cognition, psychosocial and frailty-related aspects (secondary objective). The acute effect of one circle dance session on mood states (tertiary objective). This randomized controlled trial will involve 40 family caregivers over 50 years old allocated into a control group or an intervention group of 12-weeks (twice a week, 60 min per session) of CircleCare. Primary outcomes will include balance, speed of gait, lower limb muscle strength, functional mobility and risk of falls. Secondary outcomes will include cognition, burden, stress, depression, quality of life and frailty. Mood states will be a tertiary outcome. The effects of CircleCare will be verified with an ANOVA two-way test and a multiple comparison test when necessary. The analyzes will follow an intention-to-treat approach. The change in moods will be evaluated by the paired t-test. The level of significance will be set at p<0.05. This study may guide professionals and health policymakers in deciding whether to implement this type of intervention. If positive effects are demonstrated, this program can be offered in public health services to other groups, given its low cost.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 50 years or older.
• Family caregiver for at least 6 months of an elderly person with Alzheimer's disease.
• Ability to walk without the help of another person.

Exclusion criteria

• Cardiopulmonary or orthopaedic contraindication to the practice of physical exercise.
• Severe visual or hearing deficiency that impedes participation in the intervention and assessments.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Circle Dance Program (CircleCare)

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers (n=20) allocated to the experimental group will participate in 12-week CircleCare twice a week (24 sessions), for 60 min each session. The planning and conduction of the intervention will be the responsibility of the researcher, a Fitness Professional with training in Circle Dance, called focalizer.

Treatment:

Other: Circle Dance Program (CircleCare)

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Caregivers (n=20) of this group will not receive the intervention, participating only in the assessment protocol. They will be instructed not to initiate any regular exercise program during the study period. At the end of the study, the same CircleCare applied to the experimental group will be offered to the interested of the control group.