Effects of 12-week Aerobic and Resistance Exercises on Alexithymia, Depression and Quality of Life in Geriatric Individuals
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 70
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- quality of life
Study Overview
Brief 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.
Detailed 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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 65 Years to — (Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
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
Arms & Interventions
Exercise
Exercise program consisting of 12 weeks of aerobic and resistance exercises
Intervention: Aerobic and ResistanceExercise (Behavioral)
Control
No intervention will be made
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
quality of life
Time Frame: 1 week
level of quality of life measured by health related quality of life scale(min:24, max:120, high levels means low quality of life)
Alexythimia
Time Frame: 1 week
Alexythimia level as measured by the toronto Alexythimia scale (min:0, max:100, 61 ore more means more alexythimia)
Depression
Time Frame: 1 week
depression level as measured by the geriatric depression scale (min:0, max:15, 5 or more means more depression)
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported