Clinical trial NCT06738186: "Bliib Fit - Mach Mit!" in Residential Care Facilities
Official title: "Bliib Fit - Mach Mit!" in Alters- Und Pflegeinstitutionen
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Fitness in Older Adults
Exercise Program
Keywords: physical activity promotion
exercise
physical fitness
elderly
residential care facility
Lead sponsor: Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-12-17
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn, if the video-based exercise program "Bliib fit - mach mit!" can be used to improve physical fitness in older adults living in residential care facilities. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the video-based exercise program improve participants' physical fitness? Does the video-based exercise program improve participants' quality of life, perceived fall risk, self-efficacy and daily physical activity levels?

Researchers will compare this exercise program to an optimized standard care activation program (caregiver-led) to see if the video-based program can affect physical fitness in older adults living in residential care facilities.

Participants will participate in the exercise or activation program for 12 weeks, four times a week, with each session lasting 20 minutes.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Written informed consent
* Low to moderate risk of falling
* Physically and cognitively able to independently carry out exercise instructions (based on referral of clinical staff on site)
* Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) test score ≥ 20

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability to speak or understand German
* High risk of falling
* Unstable cardiovascular condition or other health condition, which does not support a safe participation in exercise program (based on referral of clinical staff on site, patient file)
* Scheduled transfer to another institution within the next 3 months

Primary outcomes:
measure: Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)
timeFrame: Baseline, end of intervention at 12 weeks, long-term follow-up 12 weeks after intervention ends
measure: Grip strength
timeFrame: Baseline, end of intervention at 12 weeks, long-term follow-up 12 weeks after intervention ends
measure: 2-Minutes Walking Test
timeFrame: Baseline, end of intervention at 12 weeks, long-term follow-up 12 weeks after intervention ends
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Health-related quality of life
timeFrame: Baseline, end of intervention at 12 weeks, long-term follow-up 12 weeks after intervention ends
measure: Falls Efficacy Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, end of intervention at 12 weeks, long-term follow-up 12 weeks after intervention ends
measure: Self-Efficacy
timeFrame: Baseline, end of intervention at 12 weeks, long-term follow-up 12 weeks after intervention ends
measure: Accelerometery
timeFrame: Baseline, end of intervention at 12 weeks, long-term follow-up 12 weeks after intervention ends
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: St. Gallen
country: Switzerland
facility: Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences
state: Saint Gallen
Study officials:
affiliation: Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences
name: Eling de Bruin, Prof.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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