Older Veterans EmpoweRed To Use Regular Exercise (OVERTURE) II
Condition: Quality of Life; Aging
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The purpose of this study is to investigate the practicality of a short-term (8-weeks),
      home-based digital versatile disc (DVD) chair exercise program among 40 sedentary older
      Black/African American and White/Caucasian veterans with three or more chronic health
      conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and osteoarthritis.
    

Detailed description: 
      This study will determine the feasibility of a home-based DVD chair exercise program, "Sit
      and Be Fit." Participants will be asked to complete a chair-exercise program Monday through
      Friday. Each chair exercise session lasts approximately 30 minutes. Participants will receive
      a new DVD player, the exercise DVD, and the necessary exercise equipment to complete each
      session. The equipment includes a set of 1 pound hand weights, a 10" exercise ball, a small
      handball, a resistance band, an exercise log, and a satisfaction survey. Upon initial
      enrollment, both groups will receive a baseline health assessment that will include
      health-related quality of life, subjective well-being, body mass index (BMI), comorbidity,
      blood pressure, lower body extremity fitness, physical activity, and hand grip strength.
      Excluding health status, all other measures will be completed at post-assessment (the end of
      week 8 for Group A and Group B). The intervention group (Group A) will receive the equipment
      after completing eligibility screening, an informed consent, and health assessments. The
      waitlist control group (Group B) will receive the equipment at week 9 after the
      post-assessment. Group B will complete the program through week 16. The waitlist control
      group(Group B) will not receive an additional post assessment at the end of week 16.
    

Intervention name(s): Intervention Group; Waitlist Control Group
Intervention type(s): Behavioral; Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Intervention group participants will receive the home-based DVD chair exercise program, which will include a DVD player, "Sit and Be Fit" DVD, schedule of exercise sessions, hand weights, exercise balls, resistance bands, exercise log, and satisfaction survey. Participants will be instructed to complete an assigned "Sit and Be Fit" exercise session once a day (sessions last approximately 30 minutes), five days a week (Monday-Friday) for 8 weeks. During the first 6 weeks, the intervention group will not have contact with the study team, unless to trouble-shoot the DVD or answer questions about exercise sessions. At the end of week 6, the intervention group will be contacted to schedule a post-assessment for the end of week 8, which will include repeating all health measures, except for health status.; At week 8, waitlist control group will receive the home-based DVD chair exercise program, which will include a DVD player, "Sit and Be Fit" DVD, schedule of exercise sessions, hand weights, exercise balls, resistance bands, exercise log, and satisfaction survey. The waitlist control group will complete a post-assessment at the end of week 8, which will include all health status measures, except health status. Waitlist control group will be instructed to complete an assigned "Sit and Be Fit" exercise session once a day (sessions last approximately 30 minutes), five days a week (Monday-Friday) for 8 weeks. Waitlist control group will not have contact with the study team, unless to trouble-shoot the DVD or answer questions about exercise sessions. At the end 14 weeks, waitlist control group will be contacted to schedule a final meeting, and to collect the adherence logs and satisfaction survey. At 16 weeks, the waitlist control group will not receive an additional post-assessment.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Other
Keywords: Veterans; Sedentary; Chronic illness