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

Status Completed

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

Clinical Trial Description

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

• Urinary incontinence

• Falls ;

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

• NCT number: NCT00218842
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2005
• Completion date: December 2009