Effectiveness of a Dual Program for Improving Sleep in Older Adults.

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Status and phase: Active, not recruiting; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Cognitive; Gerontology; Sleep; Physical Therapy

Treatments: Behavioral: Control; Behavioral: Otago programme + Cognifit; Behavioral: Otago programme

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07251452

Gerontology-sleep

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present clinical trial aims to test whether a dual program of physical activity and cognitive training improves sleep and quality of life in people over 65 years of age.

Full description

The intervention is being carried out in different day centers and co-housing centers in Toledo, Spain, where participants were recruited. A three-arm study was also conducted: a control group that received talks on health topics; a physical activity intervention group that followed the Otago physical activity program, tailored to; and a physical activity and cognitive training intervention group that used a mobile app known as Cognifit to develop the cognitive intervention.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• know how to use smartphones.
• have the ability to perform physical activity.

Exclusion criteria

• be under 65 years of age.
• suffer from serious pathologies that prevent the intervention from being carried out.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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66 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Talks are given on health education topics that are not related to the intervention to the participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control

Otago programme

Experimental group

Description:

a physical activity intervention is applied to the participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Otago programme

Otago programme + Cognitift

Experimental group

Description:

a physical activity and cognitive training intervention is applied to the participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Otago programme + Cognifit