Clinical trial NCT05081505: Community-based Physical Fitness Exercise on the Older Adults' Functional Fitness and Adherence to Physical Activity
Official title: The Influence of a New Intervention Model of Community-based Physical Fitness Exercise on the Older Adults' Adherence to Physical Activity and the Improvement of Functional Fitness
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Older Adult
Lead sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-10-18
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Maximum age (years): 82
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: This is a single group trial, according to the pre-test result of the exercise stage of the change questionnaire, they were divided into the maintenance phase group (MP, N=15) and under the maintenance phase group (MPb, N=15). All subjects joined the community-based physical fitness exercise course for 24 weeks. To quantify the effect of this intervention method on functional fitness and exercise persistence of the elderly, this study analyzed the related exercise behavior changes of MPb and MP elderly.
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: Maintaining adequate physical activity (PA) and regularly exercising are very important to promote the good physical and mental health of the elderly. According to the transtheoretical model (TTM) framework, previous research studies have formulated many strategies to promote exercise behaviors, such as incentive strategies, combines municipal resources and links up with the referral of primary care institutions, or including patients in the decision-making process about exercise choices to enable patients to have greater autonomy. In addition, in terms of the strategic aspects of achieving goals, competitive incentives are also an effective strategy. Therefore, this study aims to find out the effects of the community-based physical fitness exercise course, which is given according to TTM, on improving functional fitness and exercise persistence of the older adults.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* age between 65 to 90 years old
* can stand up from a chair without armrests
* can walk independently for 2 minutes without relying on any mechanical assistance
* no medical issues according to the PAR-Q+ form assessment
* can complete the Senior Fitness Test (SFT)

Exclusion Criteria:

* diagnosed with severe dementia (unable to understand and/or follow verbal commands)
* suffering from stroke, severe hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes
* hip or knee replacement surgery in the past 6 months
* hip fracture
* having undergoing rehabilitation plan
* unable to complete the pre-tests or post-test

Primary outcomes:
measure: Exercise stage of change questionnaire
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE)
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Exercise Self-efficacy Scale
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Outcome Expectations for Exercise Scale
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Physical Activity Survey
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Attendance rate
timeFrame: 12 and 24 weeks
measure: Senior Fitness Test - Body Mass Index (BMI)
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Senior Fitness Test - Waist-hip ratio
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Senior Fitness Test - 30s Chair stand
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Senior Fitness Test - Chair Sit-&-Reach
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Senior Fitness Test - 8-Foot Up-&-Go
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Senior Fitness Test - 30s Arm curl
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Senior Fitness Test - Back scratch
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Senior Fitness Test - 2-Minute Step
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
measure: Open-eyes one leg stand
timeFrame: basal, 12, 24 weeks follow up
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Locations:
city: Kaohsiung
country: Taiwan
facility: Kaohsiung Medical University
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