Problem Solving/Physical Interventions and Aging
- Conditions
- Aging
- Registration Number
- NCT00097643
- Lead Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the relative and combined efficacy of a physical activity and health promotion program to help sedentary adults over age 70 maintain an independent life style.
- Detailed Description
The study recruited 273 participants from a community-based HMO for whom computerized health service utilization and cost data were already available, as well as cognitive, functional, and health status measures. The participants were randomly placed into one of four treatment groups: exercise, health promotion, combination exercise and health promotion, and routine medical care. Assessments for physical performance, emotional well-being, and physical and emotional health status were conducted at screening, baseline, after 3 months (post-treatment), and at 6, 12, and 18-month follow-up by interviewers blind to treatment assignment.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 273
- age 70 or older
- live independently
- less than 150 minutes regular exercise per week
- able to walk across a room without a person assisting
- English speaking
- planning to stay in local area for at least 6 months (duration of active study)
- cancer
- heart attack
- stroke
- uncontrolled arrhythmia
- uncontrolled hypertension
- uncontrolled diabetes
- surgery during the past year
- ongoing mental health or psychiatric condition
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- FACTORIAL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method physical health and function screening, baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 18 months affective status screening, baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 18 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method