Clinical trial NCT04022369: The Effects of an Exercise Programme for Older Patients With Heart Failure
Official title: The Effects of an Exercise Empowerment Programme for Older Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Heart Failure
Old Age; Debility
Keywords: Aging
Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT)
Nursing
Physical Activity
Lead sponsor: Ege University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Ege University
First posted: 2019-07-17
Enrollment: 21
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Patients with heart failure have decreased exercise tolerance, balance problems, and fall risks. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of an exercise program based on the Empowerment Model for participants with heart failure. This randomized, controlled study including pre-test/post-test and the measurements were performed between January-November 2014 at a university hospital in Izmir, Turkey. Intervention group (n = 11) and control group (n = 10) participated in the research. The intervention group received 45-60 minute individual training and 12 weeks of individual follow-up. The weekly motivational phone calls structured according to the empowerment model and home visits when necessary were repeated. Patients in the control group did not receive any intervention except for their routine treatment. Data were collected before the education of exercise and after 12 weeks; sociodemographic data questionnaire, pedometer, accelerometer, Berg Balance Scale, HF Empowerment Scale, estimated weekly exercise monitoring form and exercise booklet had been utilised. The SPSS statistical package program was used to analyze the data.

Detailed description: Patients with heart failure have decreased exercise tolerance, balance problems, and fall risks. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of an exercise program based on the Empowerment Model for participants with heart failure.

This randomized, controlled study including pre-test/post-test and the measurements were performed between January-November 2014 at a university hospital in Izmir, Turkey. Intervention group (n = 11) and control group (n = 10) participated in the research. The intervention group received 45-60 minute individual training and 12 weeks of individual follow-up. The weekly motivational phone calls structured according to the empowerment model and home visits when necessary were repeated. Patients in the control group did not receive any intervention except for their routine treatment. Data were collected before the education of exercise and after 12 weeks; sociodemographic data questionnaire, pedometer, accelerometer, Berg Balance Scale, HF Empowerment Scale, estimated weekly exercise monitoring form and exercise booklet had been utilised. The SPSS statistical package program was used to analyze the data.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* were aged 60 years or older
* independent
* literate
* able to communicate verbally
* participating voluntarly in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* were having a diagnosis of psychiatric illness
* a visual or auditory impairment
* previously participated in another exercise program
* any contraindication to exercise (uncontrolled arrhythmia, hypertension and metabolic illness, ejection fraction)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Group (empowerment evaluation scale assessment)
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Control Group (empowerment evaluation scale assessment)
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Ege University
name: Zehra Çiçek FADILOĞLU, Emertus
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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