Effects of Exercise on Depression Symptoms, Physical Function, and Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Elderly

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Completed

• Conditions: Healthy Elderly
• Interventions: Other: exercise training

• Registration Number: NCT00931814
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 8-week exercise training on depression symptoms, physical functions, and quality of life in the community-dwelling elderly.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-12
• Primary Completion: 2006-05
• Study Completion: 2006-06
• Status Verified: 2009-07
• Study First Submitted: 2009-07-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-07-01
• Study First Posted: 2009-07-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-07-06
• Last Update Posted: 2009-07-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• elderly subjects living in the community aged 65 years or older, sedentary lifestyle

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Exclusion Criteria

• cancer, major neuromuscular disease, respiratory or cardiovascular disease which might affect exercise
• post myocardial infarction or major surgery in the previous year
• psychological disease

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
exercise	exercise training	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Taiwanese Geriatric Depression Scale (TGDS), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Groningen Activity Restriction Scale (GARS)	8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Short-form 36 (SF-36)	8 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan