Balance and Mobility in Older Adults With Hearing Impairment
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 60
- 主要终点
- Short physical performance battery
研究概览
简要总结
Hearing impairment is common in older adults, and recent research points to associations between hearing impairment and balance/mobility. The association may be due to more attentional resources being used to compensate for the sensory loss, with less resources available for maintaining balance. The aim of this projects is therefore to investigate whether an exercise program with focus on motor-cognitive tasks is feasible for older adults with hearing impairment. The study is meant as a proof-of-concept study, where trialling will be evaluated, and results will be used to inform the design of a larger and adequately powered study.
详细描述
Study design:
This is an experimental (exercise) study with follow-ups three and twelve months after exercise completion.
Participants:
Participants will be recruited from two instances:
- "Praksisnett", which is a collaboration between GPs and researchers in Bergen, Norway, where GPs recruit potential participants to research projects.
- The Ear, Nose, Throat department at Haukeland University Hospital (Bergen), who provide service to older adults with hearing impairment. The aim is to include 60 patients into three intervention arms: i) virtual reality exercises, ii) vestibular rehabilitation exercises and usual care
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 70 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Hearing threshold above 30 dB
排除标准
- •Inability to give informed consent,
- •Inability to speak Scandinavian languages or English
- •Diseases with severe motor impairments (such as mb Parkinsons)
研究组 & 干预措施
Virtual reality exercise
20 participants will be randomised to this arm
干预措施: Virtual reality exercise (Other)
Vestibular rehabilitation exercise
20 participants will be randomised to this arm
干预措施: Vestibular rehabilitation exercise (Other)
Control
20 participants will be randomised to this arm
干预措施: Control (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Short physical performance battery
时间窗: Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention
Test of balance and mobility, with three tasks (walking, standing balance, sit-to-stand), scores from 0-12.
次要结局
- Standing balance - posturography(Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention)
- Walking balance(Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention)
- The World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)(Measured as change from baseline/before intervention, to after intervention (six weeks after baseline), to three months after intervention and to 12 months after intervention)
研究者
Bård Bogen
Associate professor
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences