Effects of 12-week Exercises on Alexithymia, Depression and Quality of Life in Geriatric Individuals

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Alexithymia; Depression; Quality of Life; Physical Inactivity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Aerobic and ResistanceExercise

• Registration Number: NCT05342142
• Lead Sponsor: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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 Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-23
• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-04-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-18
• Study First Posted: 2022-04-22
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-22
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-30
• Study Completion: 2022-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exercise	Aerobic and ResistanceExercise	Exercise program consisting of 12 weeks of aerobic and resistance exercises

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
quality of life	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	1 week	Alexythimia level as measured by the toronto Alexythimia scale (min:0, max:100, 61 ore more means more alexythimia)
Depression	1 week	depression level as measured by the geriatric depression scale (min:0, max:15, 5 or more means more depression)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sultan Abdülhamid Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Uskudar, Turkey