Clinical trial NCT01474616: Mobility of Vulnerable Elders (MOVE): Translating Knowledge to Health Care Aides in Long-term Care Facilities
Official title: Mobility of Vulnerable Elders (MOVE): Translating Knowledge to Health Care Aides in Long-term Care Facilities
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mobility Limitation
Keywords: Aging
Health Services
Knowledge Translation
Long-Term Care Facilities
Mobility
Psychosocial And Health Behaviours
Lead sponsor: University of Alberta
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
name: CapitalCare Continuing Care
name: Extendicare
name: Good Samaritan Society
name: Shepherd's Care Foundation
First posted: 2011-11-18
Enrollment: 113
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Almost 90 percent of residents living in long-term care facilities have some type of mobility limitation, which worsens quickly once they move into a long-term care facility. This means that they cannot easily walk or move around in their day-to-day lives and this can have serious consequences for their general health and well-being. Researchers have shown that exercise can help the mobility of even the oldest of adults but elderly residents in long-term care facilities still commonly sit or lie in bed for long periods of time, in many cases for most of their waking hours. The purpose of this research is to study the effect of a simple physical activity on the mobility and quality of life of residents in long-term care facilities. Researchers will introduce a sit-to-stand activity to health care aides which will become part of their daily routine with residents. The basic sit-to-stand movement is already a part of the daily activities that health care aides do with residents. Specifically, health care aides will ask residents to repeat the sit-to-stand activity at mealtimes, when using the toilet, and on other occasions of daily activity. An important part of this research is to find out how well the activity preserves the ability of residents to stay mobile and also to examine how this will improve their quality of life in the home. The MOVE study will demonstrate whether it is possible to delay the loss of mobility in long-term care residents by incorporating the sit-to-stand activity into the regular practice of health care aides.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* have a diagnosis of Alzheimer disease, vascular dementia, or mixed dementia
* are able to transfer independently or with the assistance of one person

Exclusion Criteria:

* have a diagnosis of fronto-temporal or Lewy-body dementia
* require the assistance of more than one person to transfer, or a transfer lift

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in Mobility at 3 and 6 months
timeFrame: Baseline, 3-Months, 6-Months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in Function at 3 and 6 months
timeFrame: Baseline, 3-Months, 6-Months
measure: Change from Baseline in Health Related Quality of Life at 3 and 6 months
timeFrame: Baseline, 3-Months, 6-Months
measure: Change from Baseline in Dementia Specific Quality of Life at 3 and 6 Months
timeFrame: Baseline, 3-Months, 6-Months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Edmonton
country: Canada
facility: CapitalCare Continuing Care
state: Alberta
city: Edmonton
country: Canada
facility: Good Samaritan Society
state: Alberta
city: Edmonton
country: Canada
facility: Extendicare
state: Alberta
city: Edmonton
country: Canada
facility: Shepherd's Care Foundation
state: Alberta
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Alberta
name: Susan Slaughter, RN, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Slaughter SE, Wagg AS, Jones CA, Schopflocher D, Ickert C, Bampton E, Jantz A, Milke D, Schalm C, Lycar C, Estabrooks CA. Mobility of Vulnerable Elders study: effect of the sit-to-stand activity on mobility, function, and quality of life. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Feb;16(2):138-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.07.020. Epub 2014 Sep 27.
citation: Slaughter SE, Estabrooks CA, Jones CA, Wagg AS. Mobility of Vulnerable Elders (MOVE): study protocol to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of a mobility intervention in long-term care facilities. BMC Geriatr. 2011 Dec 16;11:84. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-84.