The Effectiveness of Health Promotion Programs on the Pre-frail Individuals

Shu-Hung Chang

Status: Completed

Conditions: Older Adults

Treatments: Behavioral: multicomponent exercise training program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05476471

ZRRPF3J0031

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot study aimed to examine the efficacy of a home-based multicomponent exercise training program in older community- dwellers during to the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Full description

This pilot study aimed to examine the efficacy of a home-based multicomponent exercise training program in older community- dwellers during to the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Design: A two-arm parallel cluster randomized controlled trial. Older adults ≥60 years old were recruited from eight community units in northern Taiwan. One-hundred and sixty-seven eligible subjects consented to participate in the study. Community units were randomly assigned to either an intervention arm (n=82) or a control arm (n=87). The intervention consisted of one 60-minutes group exercise session once a week in first 8 weeks, and self-management in next 8 weeks. The control arm received an education leaflet. Assessments were performed at baseline and 16 weeks for physical activity, physical performance, and pre-frailty rate. Analysis of covariance or chi-square test adjusted for pretest evaluated the differences between the two study arms.

Enrollment: 169 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• older adult with age ≥ 60 years
• community-dwelling
• no hearing and visual acuity difficulties

Exclusion criteria

• Unconscious
• Cognitive impairment or dementia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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169 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention arm

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention consisted of one 60-minutes group exercise session once a week in first 8 weeks, and self-management in next 8 weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: multicomponent exercise training program

control arm

No Intervention group

Description:

The control arm received an education leaflet.