The Effectiveness of Lifestyle Intervention on Body Composition, Physical Performances and Quality of Life Among Elderly People in Long-term Care Facilities

Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity; Sarcopenia

Treatments: Behavioral: Resistant Training; Other: Control Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02912338

CTU104-PC-014

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: To understand the change in body composition, physical functions and quality of life of elderly residents with sarcopenic obesity in LTC facilities after the implementation of exercise intervention.

Enrollment: 123 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. aged and elderly over 60 years old and no exercise restrictions.
2. conscious clear, able to communicate with to the traditional Chinese language or Taiwanese.
3. in the past three months living in long-term care institutions.
4. in the last month the subject biased static life
5. in a stable condition with enough energy: to maintain the support of at least one hour sitting in a wheelchair or bed edge.

Exclusion criteria

1. In the past three months have unstable weight (> ± 4 kg).
2. severe disease states, such as severe heart and lung liver and kidney disease, a serious cancer, severe malnutrition (Mini Nutritional Assessment Scale 0-7 points).
3. limb unable to anti-gravity completely
4. severe dementia (Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale Clinical Dementia Rating, CDR 3-5 points).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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123 participants in 2 patient groups

Resistant Training Group

Experimental group

Description:

sandbag 2-5lb, grip ball, twice/week, Duration:12 weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Resistant Training

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

not change lifestyle

Treatment:

Other: Control Group