Strength Training and Quality of Life in Elderly

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

— ST-QOL  

Official title:

Effects of Different Strength Training Programs on Quality of Life in Elderly

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03952104
• Other study ID #: UNIVERSITY CARDENAL HERRERA-19
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 22, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 10, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: Cardenal Herrera University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Aim: To evaluate the impact of three different strength training programs on psychological wellbeing of elderly.

Description:

Background: Physical activity in the elderly has benefits which improve psychological wellbeing. However, the majority of older adults perform less physical activity with advancing age.

Aim: To evaluate the impact of three different 32-week strength training programs (low, moderate and high intensity) on psychological wellbeing of elderly.

Design: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: July 10, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: July 10, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 60 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age =60 years;

• having the ability to speak and write in Spanish;

• having the ability to complete the questionnaires independently.

Exclusion Criteria:

-the presence of any medical problem or pathology that could hinder physical activity practice

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Quality of Life

Intervention

Other:
• Strength training
Strength training

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera	Moncada	Valencia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cardenal Herrera University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quality of life, assessed through the Short Form 36 health survey questionnaire.	This questionnaire measures quality of live. It provides information on 8 scales, scoring from 0 (worst health) to 100 (best health), and on the physical component scale (PCS) and the mental component scale (MCS), normalized scores representing overall physical and mental functioning.	32 weeks
Secondary	Emotional wellbeing, assessed through the STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) questionnaire.	The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983). It can be used in clinical settings to diagnose anxiety and to distinguish it from depressive syndromes. It also is often used in research as an indicator of caregiver distress. STAI has 20 items for assessing trait anxiety and 20 for state anxiety. All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.	32 weeks
Secondary	Motivation towards physical activity, assessed through the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-2)	This questionnaire consists of 19 items measuring stages on the continuum of self-determination. It measures external regulation (4 items), introjected regulation (3 items), identified regulation (4 items), intrinsic regulation (4 items), and it adds amotivation (4 items) on a scale from 1 (Not at all true for me) to 5 (Absolutely true for me). Each of the subscales has a maximum score, with a maximum of 20 for external regulation, identified regulation, intrinsic regulation and amotivation, and 15 for introjected regulation.	32 weeks