Clinical trial NCT00097643: Problem Solving/Physical Interventions and Aging
Official title: Problem Solving/Physical Interventions and Aging
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Aging
Keywords: exercise
health promotion
independent living
affective aspects
Lead sponsor: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Sponsor class: NIH
First posted: 2004-11-25
Enrollment: 273
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 70
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to examine the relative and combined efficacy of a physical activity and health promotion program to help sedentary adults over age 70 maintain an independent life style.

Detailed description: The study recruited 273 participants from a community-based HMO for whom computerized health service utilization and cost data were already available, as well as cognitive, functional, and health status measures. The participants were randomly placed into one of four treatment groups: exercise, health promotion, combination exercise and health promotion, and routine medical care. Assessments for physical performance, emotional well-being, and physical and emotional health status were conducted at screening, baseline, after 3 months (post-treatment), and at 6, 12, and 18-month follow-up by interviewers blind to treatment assignment.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* age 70 or older
* live independently
* less than 150 minutes regular exercise per week
* able to walk across a room without a person assisting
* English speaking
* planning to stay in local area for at least 6 months (duration of active study)

Exclusion Criteria:

* cancer
* heart attack
* stroke
* uncontrolled arrhythmia
* uncontrolled hypertension
* uncontrolled diabetes
* surgery during the past year
* ongoing mental health or psychiatric condition

Primary outcomes:
measure: physical health and function
timeFrame: screening, baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 18 months
measure: affective status
timeFrame: screening, baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 18 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Washington School of Nursing, Northwest Research Group on Aging
name: Linda Teri, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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