Activity in old age - Evaluation of a 12-week multidimensional home-based exercise program for the elderly, integrated in the primary health care setting [Aktivität im Alter - Evaluation eines 12-wöchigen multidimensionalen Heimübungsprogramms für das hohe Lebensalter, eingebunden in das hausärztliche Umfeld]

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Physical inactivity and multimorbidity; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN58562962
• Lead Sponsor: Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany)

Brief Summary

1. 2010 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19686587 2. 2013 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22538790 (added 18/09/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-03-30
• Study Completion: 2009-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 14 October 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 91

Inclusion Criteria

All participants are recruited consecutively by primary care physicians within prespecified time periods. All patients aged greater than or equal to 70 years who are seen by the physician within his consultation hours within that time period are screened for eligibility for the study. Inclusion criteria include:
1. Aged greater than or equal to 70 years, either sex
2. Medical clearance from the primary care physician to participate in the study
3. Walking ability (with or without walking aid) and ability to get to repeated consultations in the primary care physician's practice
4. Patient being able to cooperate appropriately and to follow the instructions of the home-based activity program (primary care physician's judgement)
5. Patient providing written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Intervention doesn't fit into the patient's schedule
2. Untreated arterial hypertension or arterial hypertension despite antihypertensive medication (primary care physician's judgement)
3. Deterioration of an insufficiently controlled diabetes mellitus within the past 3 months (primary care physician's judgement) or HbA1c greater than 10% (if available)
4. Chronic heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade III - IV
5. Clinically relevant cardiovascular event within the past 3 months (e.g. unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, coronary angiography/angioplasty, cardiac surgery)
6. Clinically relevant cerebrovascular event within the past 3 months (e.g. stroke, recurrent transient ischaemic attack [TIA])
7. Acute psychiatric disorder (e.g. depression)
8. Severe consuming illness
9. Any inpatient surgical procedure within the past 3 months
10. Concurrent participation in another clinical trial

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified