Clinical trial NCT04889131: Yoga for Seniors
Official title: Yoga for Seniors
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Aging Well
Keywords: Yoga
social isolation
underserved populations
elderly
movement
activity
Lead sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Bader Philanthropies
First posted: 2021-05-17
Enrollment: 88
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Participants will be assigned to immediately begin a 12-week yoga class or complete a 12-week wait (wait-list control).
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The overall purpose of this study is to deliver a 12-week yoga program to older adults (over 60 years of age) in rural WI who do not have access to yoga programming and examine the effects of the programming on activities of daily living, gait, balance, falls, activity level and social isolation.

Detailed description: Participants will be assigned to immediately begin a 12-week yoga class (2 classes per week for 75 minutes each) or complete a 12-week wait (wait-list control). The measures of interest will be examined at pretest (wait-list only), baseline, posttest and at 3-month follow-up to see what, if any, changes are maintained after completion of the program. All assessment data collections sessions will be conducted on-site at a predetermined site identified by the community partners.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Ability to independently ambulate for at least 10 minutes continuously (with or without an assistive device)
* Ability to attend the yoga class for all or most of the 12 weeks
* A previous fall, near-fall or identified fear of falling

Exclusion Criteria:

* No known contraindication for exercise (i.e. a medical doctor has told you not to exercise)
* A resent injury that causes pain during movement
* Current enrollment in another research study or class focused on balance

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in MiniBESTest Score
timeFrame: [pre-test for waitlist group 3 months prior to class], baseline, post-test (3-months), 3-month follow up (6-months)
measure: Change in Fall Frequency
timeFrame: [pre-test for waitlist group 3 months prior to class], baseline, post-test (3-months), 3-month follow up (6-months)
measure: Change in the Canadian Occupational Performance Measures (COPM)
timeFrame: [pre-test for waitlist group 3 months prior to class], baseline, post-test (3-months), 3-month follow up (6-months)
measure: Change in Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC)
timeFrame: [pre-test for waitlist group 3 months prior to class], baseline, post-test (3-months), 3-month follow up (6-months)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Standardized Gait Analysis: Gait Velocity
timeFrame: [pre-test for waitlist group 3 months prior to class], baseline, post-test (3-months), 3-month follow up (6-months)
Other outcomes:
measure: Change in Activity Level Measured by Number of Steps Taken
timeFrame: [pre-test for waitlist group 3 months prior to class], baseline, post-test (3-months), 3-month follow up (6-months)
measure: Change in Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills (PASS)
timeFrame: [pre-test for waitlist group 3 months prior to class], baseline, post-test (3-months), 3-month follow up (6-months)
Locations:
city: Madison
country: United States
facility: University of Wisconsin
state: Wisconsin
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison
name: Kristen A Pickett, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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