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Effectiveness of an Intervention in Multicomponent Exercise in Patients Over 70 Years in Primary Care

Not Applicable
Terminated
Conditions
Frail Elderly
Physical Activity
Interventions
Other: MEFAP
Other: control usual practice
Registration Number
NCT03568084
Lead Sponsor
Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid
Brief Summary

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a multicomponent physical activity program, compared with the usual medical practice, to reverse prefrailty by Fried in people over 70 years, one year after the end of the intervention.

Detailed Description

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a multicomponent physical activity program, compared with the usual medical practice, to reverse prefrailty by Fried in people over 70 years, one year after the end of the intervention.

Location: primary care setting (Madrid Region).

Population: non-dependent and pre-frailty patients ≥ 70 years old, who attend the health centers included in the study.

Design: Randomized parallel group multicenter clinical trial. Randomization unit and Unit of analysis: Patient.

Intervention: multicomponent physical activity program (MEFAP) with 12 weekly sessions of an hour and a half which includes 1) briefing 2) exercises for improving aerobic resistance, muscle strength, proprioception -balance and flexibility and 3) delivery of exercise chart to do at home (two times per week).

Main measures: Main variable: pre-frailty according to Fried phenotype. Secondary variables: sociodemographic, clinical and function variables; adherence, user satisfaction, quality of life.

Analysis: It will be carried out an analysis by intention to treat comparing the retrogression from pre-frailty (1 or 2 Fried criteria) to robust (0 Fried criteria) at the end of the intervention, 6 months after the intervention and one year after the intervention. Cumulative incidence, Relative Risk and Number Needed to Treat with a 95% Confidence Interval. A Generalized Estimating Equation logit model will be adjusted to analyze the associated factors.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
206
Inclusion Criteria
  • Individuals aged >70 years with a Barthel test ≥90 and pre-frailty (1-2 Fried phenotype frailty criteria).
  • For Health Care Centers: Centers who deliver patient to Physiotherapy Units who participate in this Project. Centers where at least two General Practitioners accept to participate in the Project.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Moderate to severe dependency (impairment) for daily living activities (Barthel test <90)
  • Enable to achieve Health Care Center for any reason.
  • Moderate to severe cognitive impairment (MEC 35 Lobo≤21)
  • Severe illness that contraindicates to practice exercise by medical criteria: recent hearth attack (6 months), not controlled arrhythmia, severe hearth valvular disease, not controlled arterial hypertension (systolic blood pressure>180/diastolic blood pressure>100), severe heart failure, severe respiratory failure, diabetes mellitus with frequent acute hypoglycemia, any other circumstance that makes the individual unable to do exercise under medical criteria.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
MEFAPcontrol usual practiceMEFAP (multicomponent physical activity program) for 12 weekly sessions of an hour and a half which includes 1) briefing 2) exercises for improving aerobic resistance, muscle strength, proprioception-balance and flexibility and 3) delivery of exercise chart to do at home (two times per week).
Control: usual practicecontrol usual practiceNo intervention. Individuals allocated to this arm, will be look after as usual in their health Centers.
MEFAPMEFAPMEFAP (multicomponent physical activity program) for 12 weekly sessions of an hour and a half which includes 1) briefing 2) exercises for improving aerobic resistance, muscle strength, proprioception-balance and flexibility and 3) delivery of exercise chart to do at home (two times per week).
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline frail elderly level at one yearone year after the intervention.

It will be carried out an analysis by intention to treat comparing the retrogression from pre-frailty (1 or 2 Fried criteria) to robust (0 Fried criteria)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline frail elderly level at at the at 6 month6 month after the intervention

It will be carried out an analysis by intention to treat comparing the retrogression from pre-frailty (1 or 2 Fried criteria) to robust (0 Fried criteria)

Visual Analog Scaleat the end of the intervention (12 weeks),

A Visual Analog Scale with a grade ranging from 0 (the worst possible health status) to 100 (the best possible health status)

Change from baseline frail elderly level at at the end of the intervention (12 weeks)at the end of the intervention (12 weeks)

It will be carried out an analysis by intention to treat comparing the retrogression from pre-frailty (1 or 2 Fried criteria) to robust (0 Fried criteria)

Adherence to interventionat the end of the intervention (12 weeks)

degree of adherence to the program (number of sessions with assistance)

Euroqol utilitiesat the end of the intervention (12 weeks),

Euroqol descriptive system (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Maria Victoria Castell

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Madrid, Spain

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