Clinical trial NCT00218842: The Effect on Function of Increasing Activity for Nursing Home Residents
Official title: Physical and Daily Activity for Residents in a Nursing Home Setting. -A Nordic Multi-Centre Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Frailty
Nursing Home Residents
Keywords: exercise
functioning
frail elderly
Lead sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Helse Midt-Norge
First posted: 2005-09-22
Enrollment: 125
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: As designs of existing outcome studies are disparate and do not always relate well to a Swedish context, the need for further studies is obvious. Also, an empirical theory drawn from the best practice supporting autonomy and wellbeing for clients in a nursing home setting has not yet been fully depicted. The study described below intends to fill a gap in knowledge related to the effect of enhanced activities of daily living (ADL)-training, physical, and daily activities and staff education in a nursing home setting, based on a theory- and evidence-based intervention programme in a Swedish as well as a Nordic health care context. The aims of the study are to describe the impact of an individually tailored intervention program, in a nursing home setting, on:

* Physical capacity
* Degree of dependence in ADL
* Long-term participation in physical and/or daily activities
* Self-rated wellbeing

Detailed description: The Trondheim study has additional aims to assess the impact of intervention on:

* Urinary incontinence
* Falls

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* \> 65 years of age
* Expected stay in the nursing home \> 3 months
* Able to take instruction

Exclusion Criteria:

* Persons in a terminal phase

Primary outcomes:
measure: Physical function
timeFrame: baseline, three and six months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Falls
timeFrame: during six months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Trondheim
country: Norway
facility: Section of Geriatric Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: St. Olavs University Hospital and Norwegian University of Science and Technology
name: Jorunn L Helbostad, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Frandin K, Borell L, Gronstedt H, Bergland A, Helbostad JL, Puggaard L, Andresen M, Granbo R, Hellstrom K. A Nordic multi-center study on physical and daily activities for residents in nursing home settings: design of a randomized, controlled trial. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2009 Aug-Oct;21(4-5):314-22. doi: 10.1007/BF03324921.
citation: Gronstedt H, Hellstrom K, Bergland A, Helbostad JL, Puggaard L, Andresen M, Granbo R, Frandin K. Functional level, physical activity and wellbeing in nursing home residents in three Nordic countries. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2011 Oct-Dec;23(5-6):413-20. doi: 10.1007/BF03337766. Epub 2011 Feb 10.
citation: Gronstedt H, Frandin K, Bergland A, Helbostad JL, Granbo R, Puggaard L, Andresen M, Hellstrom K. Effects of individually tailored physical and daily activities in nursing home residents on activities of daily living, physical performance and physical activity level: a randomized controlled trial. Gerontology. 2013;59(3):220-9. doi: 10.1159/000345416. Epub 2012 Dec 20.