Implementation of a sustainable motoric-cognitive movement concept in the living environments of older persons in Chemnitz: a contribution to coping with demographic change
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- physical inactivity, sedentariness
- Registration Number
- DRKS00032156
- Lead Sponsor
- Technische Universität Chemnitz
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 158
Inclusion Criteria
Living in Chemnitz
Exclusion Criteria
- a serious, medically diagnosed health event within the past six months
- diagnosed dementia
- major depression
- participation in other clinical trails, e.g. testing of new medicines
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assessment of the effects of a motor-cognitive outdoor exercise intervention in elderly residents of Chemnitz aged 65 and older on:<br>1. physical performance recorded by 6-minute-walking-test, hand strength measurement, 1-minute-sit-to-stand test, GGT-Reha (balance test), gait analysis incl. dual-task exercise (Microgate OptoGait), subjective physical performance questionnaire, Tilburg Frailty Index<br>2. physical activity and sleep behavior measured by Freiburg questionnaire for physical activity, activity tracker (Fitbit Zip) incl. sleep and wear protocol, questions from DEGS study<br>3. cognitive performance assessed by Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Trail Making Test (part A and B), Digit Symbol Substitution Test<br>4. mental health assessed by PHQ-9, GAD-7, SF-12<br>5. social health recorded by Social Support Questionnaire.<br><br>Data will be collected at the beginning and end of an exercise intervention as well as after 6 months.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. recording of subjective effects on physical, cognitive and psychosocial aspects through the motor-cognitive exercise program as well as satisfaction with the exercise program.<br>2. initiation, promotion and maintenance of an active lifestyle in the living environments of older persons in the sense of behavioral and situational prevention: <br>- strengthening of health resources (maintaining physical function and everyday activity) and reducing risk factors<br>- improving walking ability (contributing to an independent lifestyle), reducing the risk of falls (falls in old age are often associated with longer hospital stays and morbidity) <br>- improvement of quality of life and mental health <br>- promotion of social contacts and communication, thus a contribution is made against social loneliness <br>- participation in public life<br>- contribution to a self-determined and independent lifestyle.