The Effect on Function of Increasing Activity for Nursing Home Residents

Frailty Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical and Daily Activity for Residents in a Nursing Home Setting. -A Nordic Multi-Centre Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00218842
• Other study ID #: 203-04
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 20, 2005
• Last updated: March 6, 2014
• Start date: October 2005
• Est. completion date: December 2009

Study information

• Verified date: March 2014
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Norway: Norwegian Social Science Data Services
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

As designs of existing outcome studies are disparate and do not always relate well to a Swedish context, the need for further studies is obvious. Also, an empirical theory drawn from the best practice supporting autonomy and wellbeing for clients in a nursing home setting has not yet been fully depicted. The study described below intends to fill a gap in knowledge related to the effect of enhanced activities of daily living (ADL)-training, physical, and daily activities and staff education in a nursing home setting, based on a theory- and evidence-based intervention programme in a Swedish as well as a Nordic health care context. The aims of the study are to describe the impact of an individually tailored intervention program, in a nursing home setting, on:

• Physical capacity

• Degree of dependence in ADL

• Long-term participation in physical and/or daily activities

• Self-rated wellbeing

Description:

The Trondheim study has additional aims to assess the impact of intervention on:

• Urinary incontinence

• Falls

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 125
• Est. completion date: December 2009
• Est. primary completion date: October 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• > 65 years of age

• Expected stay in the nursing home > 3 months

• Able to take instruction

Exclusion Criteria:

• Persons in a terminal phase

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Frailty
• Nursing Home Residents

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Individualized exercise
individualized exercise, physical activity and training in daily life situations given by trained physical therapists and occupational therapists

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Section of Geriatric Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital	Trondheim

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Helse Midt-Norge

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

References & Publications (3)

Frändin K, Borell L, Grönstedt H, Bergland A, Helbostad JL, Puggaard L, Andresen M, Granbo R, Hellström K. A Nordic multi-center study on physical and daily activities for residents in nursing home settings: design of a randomized, controlled trial. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2009 Aug-Oct;21(4-5):314-22. — View Citation

Grönstedt H, Frändin K, Bergland A, Helbostad JL, Granbo R, Puggaard L, Andresen M, Hellström K. Effects of individually tailored physical and daily activities in nursing home residents on activities of daily living, physical performance and physical acti — View Citation

Grönstedt H, Hellström K, Bergland A, Helbostad JL, Puggaard L, Andresen M, Granbo R, Frändin K. Functional level, physical activity and wellbeing in nursing home residents in three Nordic countries. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2011 Oct-Dec;23(5-6):413-20. doi: 10.3275/7507. Epub 2011 Feb 10. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical function		baseline, three and six months	No
Secondary	Falls		during six months	No