Clinical trial NCT06918678: Feasibility and Efficacy of A Remote Tai Chi Program in Older Adults
Official title: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Remotely Delivered Tai Chi on Older Adults' 24-Hour Movement Behaviors: A Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Aging
Keywords: Physical activity
Tai Chi
Quality of life
Sedentary behaviors
Sleep
24-hour Movement Behaviors
Fear of Falling
Psychosocial Beliefs of Physical Activity
Subjective Psychological Well-being
Cognitive Flexibility
Lead sponsor: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Minnesota
First posted: 2025-04-09
Enrollment: 35
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This project is designed to explore the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a remote Tai Chi program on older adults' 24-hour movement behaviors (i.e., physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep patterns).

Detailed description: This study employed a 26-week cross-over, randomized control trial design in which each participant was assigned to one of two condition (i.e., 10 participants/cohort, 2 cohorts/condition) sequences at baseline: 1) the Tai Chi intervention condition then the usual care condition; or 2) usual care condition then intervention condition. The intervention condition requested participants participate in remote Tai Chi program for 60 minutes/session 2 times/week beyond their usual care. The usual care condition asked participants to maintain regular activities without Tai Chi and not to change their regular activity routine. Each condition lasted 12 weeks, with a 2-week washout separating treatments. The researchers monitored intervention fidelity via monthly follow-up phone calls.

Eligibility criteria: Eligible participants met the following inclusion criteria: 1) aged 60 years or older; 2) basic English communication skills; 3) without cognitive impairments or physical/mental dis-abilities that might limit their ability to practice TC, 4) computer/smartphone with internet access; and 5) provided informed consent. Participants who lacked the capacity to consent or had any medical condition that could make it potentially unsafe to be in an unsupervised physical space were excluded from the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Acceptability and feasibility
timeFrame: Baseline, week 13, week 14, and week 26
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Physical activity
timeFrame: Baseline, week 12, week 14, and week 26
measure: Sedentary time
timeFrame: Baseline, week 12, week 14, and week 26
measure: Sleep
timeFrame: Baseline, week 12, week 14, and week 26
measure: Fear of Falling
timeFrame: Baseline, week 12, week 14, and week 26
measure: Older People's Quality of Life
timeFrame: Baseline, week 12, week 14, and week 26
measure: Psychosocial Beliefs of Physical Activity
timeFrame: Baseline, week 12, week 14, and week 26
measure: Cognitive Flexibility
timeFrame: Baseline, week 12, week 14, and week 26
measure: Subjective Psychological Well-being
timeFrame: Baseline, week 12, week 14, and week 26
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Minneapolis
country: United States
facility: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
state: Minnesota
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