Problem Solving/Physical Interventions and Aging

Aging Clinical Trial

Official title:

Problem Solving/Physical Interventions and Aging

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00097643
• Other study ID #: AG0009
• Secondary ID: 5R01AG014777-05
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: November 24, 2004
• Last updated: August 12, 2008
• Start date: September 2000
• Est. completion date: September 2004

Study information

• Verified date: August 2008
• Source: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the relative and combined efficacy of a physical activity and health promotion program to help sedentary adults over age 70 maintain an independent life style.

Description:

The study recruited 273 participants from a community-based HMO for whom computerized health service utilization and cost data were already available, as well as cognitive, functional, and health status measures. The participants were randomly placed into one of four treatment groups: exercise, health promotion, combination exercise and health promotion, and routine medical care. Assessments for physical performance, emotional well-being, and physical and emotional health status were conducted at screening, baseline, after 3 months (post-treatment), and at 6, 12, and 18-month follow-up by interviewers blind to treatment assignment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 273
• Est. completion date: September 2004
• Est. primary completion date: September 2004
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 70 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 70 or older

• live independently

• less than 150 minutes regular exercise per week

• able to walk across a room without a person assisting

• English speaking

• planning to stay in local area for at least 6 months (duration of active study)

Exclusion Criteria:

• cancer

• heart attack

• stroke

• uncontrolled arrhythmia

• uncontrolled hypertension

• uncontrolled diabetes

• surgery during the past year

• ongoing mental health or psychiatric condition

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aging

Intervention

Behavioral:
• exercise

• health promotion

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Institute on Aging (NIA)

References & Publications (7)

King AC, Pruitt LA, Phillips W, Oka R, Rodenburg A, Haskell WL. Comparative effects of two physical activity programs on measured and perceived physical functioning and other health-related quality of life outcomes in older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2000 Feb;55(2):M74-83. — View Citation

Nelson ME, Layne JE, Bernstein MJ, Nuernberger A, Castaneda C, Kaliton D, Hausdorff J, Judge JO, Buchner DM, Roubenoff R, Fiatarone Singh MA. The effects of multidimensional home-based exercise on functional performance in elderly people. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2004 Feb;59(2):154-60. — View Citation

Schulz R, Heckhausen J. A life span model of successful aging. Am Psychol. 1996 Jul;51(7):702-14. — View Citation

Seeman TE, Charpentier PA, Berkman LF, Tinetti ME, Guralnik JM, Albert M, Blazer D, Rowe JW. Predicting changes in physical performance in a high-functioning elderly cohort: MacArthur studies of successful aging. J Gerontol. 1994 May;49(3):M97-108. — View Citation

Strawbridge WJ, Cohen RD, Shema SJ, Kaplan GA. Successful aging: predictors and associated activities. Am J Epidemiol. 1996 Jul 15;144(2):135-41. — View Citation

Strawbridge WJ, Deleger S, Roberts RE, Kaplan GA. Physical activity reduces the risk of subsequent depression for older adults. Am J Epidemiol. 2002 Aug 15;156(4):328-34. — View Citation

Stuck AE, Walthert JM, Nikolaus T, Büla CJ, Hohmann C, Beck JC. Risk factors for functional status decline in community-living elderly people: a systematic literature review. Soc Sci Med. 1999 Feb;48(4):445-69. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	physical health and function		screening, baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 18 months	No
Primary	affective status		screening, baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 18 months	No