Effects of Exercise on Depression Symptoms, Physical Function, and Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Elderly

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Elderly

Treatments: Other: exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00931814

9461701114

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 8-week exercise training on depression symptoms, physical functions, and quality of life in the community-dwelling elderly.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• elderly subjects living in the community aged 65 years or older, sedentary lifestyle

Exclusion criteria

• cancer, major neuromuscular disease, respiratory or cardiovascular disease which might affect exercise
• post myocardial infarction or major surgery in the previous year
• psychological disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 1 patient group

exercise

Other group

Treatment:

Other: exercise training