Lifestyle Changes in Older Adults With Metabolic Syndrome and Tinnitus

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Weight Loss; Elderly; Obesity; Tinnitus; Metabolic Syndrome X

Treatments: Behavioral: Lifestyle Management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06702085

P.T.REC/012/004623

Details and patient eligibility

About

The problem of tinnitus (subjective type) is prevalent in obese older adults with different diseases such as metabolic syndrome. The changes of lifestyle are very important to lose weight, improve tinnitus and metabolic syndrome

Full description

Sixty older adults (with metabolic syndrome with chronic subjective tinnitus) with obesity were selected in a equal random manner to be classified into the first group that administered changes in their lifestyle (exercise applied on treadmill and low caloric diet) for twelve successive weeks and second group that was not administered lifestyle changes

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• obese person (class one obesity)
• patients with metabolic syndrome
• patients with chronic subjective tinnitus (bilateral complaint from more than six months).
• older adults aging 65 years and more
• both sexes will be included

Exclusion criteria

• respiratory insult
• cardiac insult
• liver insult
• kidney insult
• lower limb insult
• neurological insult

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

first group

Experimental group

Description:

thirty older adults (with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and chronic subjective tinnitus) administered supervised changes in their lifestyle (walking exercise for 40 minutes applied on treadmill for three time per week and low caloric diet) for twelve weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle Management

second group

No Intervention group

Description:

thirty older adults (with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and chronic subjective tinnitus) served as control patients who did not receive any changes in their lifestyle