Exercise Intervention in Institutionalized Elderly People (BENENFIT)

Hanze University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Physical Disability; Fragility

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical exercise intervention; Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01646632

ABR NL 24558.042.09

Details and patient eligibility

About

Questions: Does an evidence-based exercise program increase activities of daily living and physical fitness in institutionalized older adults? Does this program decrease the care dependency of institutionalized older adults? Design: A randomized control trial using group-based exercise was performed in 14 assisted-living facilities for the elderly (>70 years old).

Outcome measures: Outcome measures were performance on ADL, physical fitness, and care dependency measures. The exercise program comprised group-based progressive resistance training, balance training, and functional training. The control intervention comprised social group meetings.

Full description

To improve physical fitness, a combined exercise program including progressive resistance training, balance training, and functional training will be used in a sample of institutionalized elderly people. The exercise program has a frequency of 2 times a week and a duration of 16 weeks. The intensity is moderate, measured on a 0-10 scale. The level of intensity is specified as follows: on a 10- point scale, where no movement is 0 and maximal effort of a muscle group is 10, moderate-intensity effort is a 5 or 6, and high- intensity effort is a 7 or 8. There is currently insufficient evidence that a combined exercise program, developed to improve physical fitness, can improve ADL performance and care dependency also.

Enrollment: 164 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 70+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 70 and older
• Being able to walk at least 10 meters
• Not cognitive impaired

Exclusion criteria

• Dementia
• Severe hart failure
• Progressive neurological diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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164 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Physical exercise intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Progressive resistance training, balance training, functional training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical exercise intervention

Lifestyle counseling

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Recreational sessions

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling