Effects of 12-week Exercises on Alexithymia, Depression and Quality of Life in Geriatric Individuals

Depression Clinical Trial

— EXQUALITY  

Official title:

Effects of 12-week Aerobic and Resistance Exercises on Alexithymia, Depression and Quality of Life in Geriatric Individuals

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05342142
• Other study ID #: EXQUALITY
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 23, 2022
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
• Contact: Elif Yildirim Ayaz, M.D.
• Phone: +905325148300
• Email: drelifyildirim[@]hotmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of aerobic and resistance exercises on depression, alexithymia levels and quality of life of elderly individuals.

Description:

In this study, investigators hypothesized that aerobic and resistance exercises can increase the quality of life of elderly individuals by reducing their depression and alexithymia levels. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of aerobic and resistance exercises on depression, alexithymia levels and quality of life of elderly individuals.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals aged 65 and over who volunteered to participate in the study,
• Conscious and without communication problems,
• No orthopedic injury that prevents walking
• Those who are physically inactive according to the International Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire
• Those who have sufficient motivation to participate in the exercise program (will be evaluated by a one-on-one interview by the researchers)
• Being eligible to participate in an exercise program after a cardiac examination (resting ECG and questioning of cardiac symptoms, advanced tests such as exercise ECG test if necessary) performed by the physician.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a history of neuromuscular disease
• Serious medical condition (eg advanced malignancy or major neurological, psychiatric or endocrine disease, respiratory failure, etc.) that would prevent the person from participating in exercise training.
• Less than 1 year life expectancy
• Having an orthopedic injury that prevents walking
• Presence of advanced sensory deficit
• Having visual and hearing problems
• Not having sufficient communication skills (Mini Mental Test score below 24 points)
• Not having agreed to participate in the study
• Uncontrolled hypertension
• Not being found suitable for exercise in the examination performed by physicians and physiotherapists

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Affective Symptoms
• Alexithymia
• Depression
• Depressive Disorder
• Physical Inactivity
• Quality of Life

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Aerobic and ResistanceExercise
Exercise program consisting of 12 weeks of aerobic and resistance exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Sultan Abdülhamid Training and Research Hospital	Istanbul	Uskudar

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Depression	depression level as measured by the geriatric depression scale (min:0, max:15, 5 or more means more depression)	1 week
Primary	Alexythimia	Alexythimia level as measured by the toronto Alexythimia scale (min:0, max:100, 61 ore more means more alexythimia)	1 week
Primary	quality of life	level of quality of life measured by health related quality of life scale(min:24, max:120, high levels means low quality of life)	1 week