Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) Exercise Program for Community Older Adults

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Perceived Health Status; Sleep Quality

Treatments: Other: Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) exercise program; Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02748499

KMUH-IRB-20140089-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to test the effects of a 12-month Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) exercise program on the perceived health status and sleep quality of the community-dwelling older adults.

Full description

Phase I: A cluster randomized controlled trial was used to test the effects of a six-month, instructor-led Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) exercise program on the perceived health status and sleep quality of the community-dwelling older adults. Through the use of convenience sampling strategy, eight community care centers with 232 older adults in Kaohsiung were recruited and randomly assigned based on their community care centers to a HBA experimental group or a wait-list control group. Participants in the experimental group received the HBA exercise program led by trained and certified instructors, three times per week, 40 minutes per practice for six months; participants in the wait-list control group continued with their regular daily activities. One pre-test and two post-tests, three months apart, were conducted. Phase II: Using the same method as in the phase I, participants from the phase I continued practicing the HBA exercise program, but guided by a DVD, for another six months. The feasibility, compliance, and effectiveness of the DVD-led HBA exercise program on the community-dwelling older adults were tested, and another two post-tests, three months apart, were conducted on the same outcome measurements as in the phase I.

Enrollment: 232 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• community-dwelling older adults aged 65 and over
• Mandarin or Taiwanese speakers
• able to stand and walk without assistive devices
• cognitive alert and able to verbally state their name, address, and answer questions

Exclusion criteria

• participants with severe and acute cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, or pulmonary illnesses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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232 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy Beat Accupunch

Experimental group

Description:

The HBA exercise program includes: 1) warm-up: 5 slow and gentle exercises to regulate qi, loosen up the body, and elevate the energy for a safe transition to the next phase, 2) accupunch: 14 low-to-medium speed exercises to punch the 14 meridians to enhance the cardiovascular-respiratory workout, and 3) relaxation: 5 low-speed, muscle relaxing exercises with deep breaths to sooth the body and mind. It is conducted 3 times per week and 40 minutes per practice.

Treatment:

Other: Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) exercise program

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group maintains daily activities.

Treatment:

Other: Control