Clinical trial NCT00611364: Physical Therapy for Hypertensive Elderly
Official title: Physical Therapy for Hipertensive Elderly: Effects in the Physical Activity and Exercise Adherence
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE4
Conditions: Hypertension
Keywords: Physical therapy
hypertension
aged
exercise
Physical exercise
Physical activity
Lead sponsor: Universidade Federal de Goias
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás
First posted: 2008-02-08
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Physical therapy for hipertensive elderly: effects in the physical activity and exercise adherence.

Introduction: The arterial hypertension (AH) is a clinical syndrome characterized by blood pressure ≥ 140/90mmHg. Practical of physical activity (PA) and/or physical exercise (PE) is one of the modalities of not farmacological treatment. Hypertensive aged not adhere to this recommendation for presenting factors that make it difficult this practical. Objective: to verify if physical therapy (PT) treatment can improve the AF and EF adhesion of hypertensive aged. Methods: The sample was composed by 43 hypertensive aged of Arterial Hypertensive League of the Federal University of Goiás. Of these, 30 had remained in the study and had been randomized in study group (SG) (16 patients) and control group (CG) (14 patients). SG was submitted of the PT treatment and participated of educative meetings, the CG only participated of the meetings. To evaluate adhesion to the AF was used the pedometer and EF was used a questionnaire of open and closed questions, six minute walk test (6'WT) and ergometric test (ET).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* age or over 60 years,
* both sexes,
* regular frequency of hypertension league;
* practice of physical exercise irregular or absent (reported by professionals objectively on the record)and signature of informed consent. -

Exclusion Criteria:

* participate in another research project;
* refuse to sign the informed consent.

Primary outcomes:
measure: to verify if physical therapy (PT) treatment can improve the AF and EF adhesion of hypertensive aged
timeFrame: nine months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: To evaluate adhesion to the AF was used the pedometer and EF was used a questionnaire of open and closed questions, six minute walk test (6'WT) and ergometric test (ET)
timeFrame: Nine months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Goiânia
country: Brazil
facility: Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás
state: Goiás
Study officials:
affiliation: Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás
name: Priscila Vitorino, MsD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás
name: Paulo César Jardim, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás
name: Flávia Nogueira, Specialist
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás
name: Juliana Brandão, Specialist
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Liga de Hipertensão Arterial da Universidade Federal de Goiás
name: Haden Lobo, Specialist
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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