Fitness, Hearing and Quality of Life in Older Adults With Hearing Loss. Walk, Talk and Listen for Your Life

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hearing Loss, Functional
• Interventions: Other: auditory rehabilitation alone; Other: Exercise + health education+ auditory rehabilitation

• Registration Number: NCT02662192
• Lead Sponsor: University of British Columbia

Brief Summary

This study examines the effect of an exercise and health education/auditory rehabilitation and socialization intervention on functional fitness, hearing handicap and psychosocial distress measures in older adults with hearing loss.

Detailed Description

Hearing loss is associated with functional fitness declines and increased risk for isolation, dementia, depression, falls, hospitalization and premature mortality. No studies have determined the effect of an exercise intervention on these measures in older adults with hearing loss.

After baseline assessment of function fitness and several psychosocial measures, 60 older adults with hearing loss will be randomized into a 10 week exercise, health education, socialization and auditory rehabilitation program or auditory rehabilitation alone. The exercise program consists of 3/4 of an hour strengthening and resistance training followed by 30 minutes of group walking. The educational session content is determined by participants and is interactive and may include such topics as wills and probate, diabetes treatment, healthy exercise etc. The 3/4 of an hour auditory rehabilitation sessions are modified from an online program and will include interactive sessions on education about hearing and hearing devices/technologies, psychosocial support and enhancing communication skills.

At the end of the 10 week intervention the assessments of functional fitness and psychosocial measures will be repeated. The group that was randomized to the auditory rehabilitation alone will then be offered the exercise program.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-01-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-22
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-25
• Study Start: 2016-04
• Primary Completion: 2016-12-01
• Study Completion: 2016-12-15
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

• Dementia
• Depression

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Auditory rehabilitation alone	auditory rehabilitation alone	auditory rehabilitation alone 1 hour of group auditory rehabilitation once a week for 10 weeks
Intervention	Exercise + health education+ auditory rehabilitation	Exercise + health education + auditory rehabilitation 10 weeks of exercise, interactive health education, socialization and auditory rehabilitation program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
functional fitness	3 months	Gait speed (6 minute walk test: distance in meters walked in 6 minutes)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Project evaluation	3 months	Satisfaction with the Auditory Rehabilitation, health education and exercise sessions. Confidence in being able to maintain their newly acquired communication strategies and exercise regime. Comments on how the program could be improved.
Psychosocial outcomes	3 months	Hearing and health-related quality of life HHIE-25
Physical and behaviour measures	3 months	Physical activity: Time spent in moderate-vigorous physical activity: The Actigraph GT3X+ tri-axial waist worn accelerometer (Actigraph, Pensacola, Florida)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Southern Medical Program, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 321 Reichwald Health Sciences Center, 1088 Discovery Ave.; 🇨🇦 Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada