The Effect of Cardiopulmonary and Muscular Fitness on Healthy Aging Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

• Conditions: Healthy Aging
• Interventions: Behavioral: Group exercises

• Registration Number: NCT04957381
• Lead Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Brief Summary

To compare the different cardiopulmonary and muscular fitness of community-dwelling older adults on healthy aging, and to identify the optimal cutoff points of their cardiopulmonary fitness and muscular fitness on targeting healthy aging.

Detailed Description

At the end of the 20th century, the WHO began to promote the issue of healthy aging. From then on, the Taiwan government gradually attached importance to long-term care and devoted to developing community-based health promotion programs for the elderly. Currently, the programs commonly plan to proceed through the group exercise intervention, increasing physical activity to improve their physical fitness and also to prevent their functional disability. This study aims to compare the different cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular fitness of community-dwelling older adults on healthy aging, and figure out to what extent of cardiorespiratory fitness level and muscular fitness level may achieve healthy aging. The present healthy status of participants will be investigated by interviewing if having any disability or frail. Based on multidimensional model, the definition and measurement of healthy aging status include physiological, psychological and social function aspect. In this study, the health aging status is defined as non-frailty, independence in basic and instrumental activities of daily living, normal cognitive function, absent of depression status, good social relations and good environmental support.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-11-12
• Study First Submitted: 2021-04-26
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-07-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-09
• Study First Posted: 2021-07-12
• Last Update Posted: 2021-07-12
• Primary Completion: 2021-11-11
• Study Completion: 2021-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged ≥ 55 years old
• Had contact information from project
• Had attended both pre-test or post-test during program
• Volunteer to participant

Exclusion Criteria

• Incomplete physical fitness data
• Participant with frailty after screening during the class
• Not available to respond
• Not accept the informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
low to moderate CRF with low MF	Group exercises	According to the senior fitness test norms in Taiwan, participants with low to moderate cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and low muscular fitness (MF).
low to moderate CRF with high MF	Group exercises	According to the senior fitness test norms in Taiwan, participants with low to moderate cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and high muscular fitness (MF).
low to moderate CRF with moderate MF	Group exercises	According to the senior fitness test norms in Taiwan, participants with low to moderate cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and moderate muscular fitness (MF).
high CRF with low to moderate MF	Group exercises	According to the senior fitness test norms in Taiwan, participants with high cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and low to moderate muscular fitness (MF).
high CRF and high MF	Group exercises	According to the senior fitness test norms in Taiwan, participants with high cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and high muscular fitness (MF).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physiological health: non-frailty	once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs	SOF index (study of osteoporotic fracture index). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 3. Non-frailty is defined as the score less than 2 points.
Physiological health: independence in basic activities of daily living	once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs	Katz ADL index (Katz index of independence in activities of daily living). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 6. Independence in basic ADL is defined as that score 0 point.
Mental health: absent of depression status	once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs	GDS-15 (short form geriatric depression scale). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 15. Absent of depression status is defined as score less than 5.
Social function: good social relations	once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs	WHOQOL-BREF (WHO Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire). Minimum value is 4 and maximum value is 20. Good social relations is defined as score above 15.
Mental health: normal cognitive function	once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs	MoCA (Montreal cognitive assessment). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 30. Normal cognitive function is defined as score above 24.
Physiological health: independence in instrumental activities of daily living	once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs	Lawton IADL scale (Lawton scale of instrumental activities of daily living). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 8. Independence in IADL is defined as that score 0 point.
Social function: good environmental support	once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs	WHOQOL-BREF (WHO Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire). Minimum value is 4 and maximum value is 20. Good environment support is defined as score above 15.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tsai, Mei-Wun; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan