Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) Exercise Program for Community Older Adults

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Perceived Health Status; Sleep Quality
• Interventions: Other: Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) exercise program; Other: Control

• Registration Number: NCT02748499
• Lead Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University

Brief Summary

This study aimed to test the effects of a 12-month Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) exercise program on the perceived health status and sleep quality of the community-dwelling older adults.

Detailed Description

Phase I: A cluster randomized controlled trial was used to test the effects of a six-month, instructor-led Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) exercise program on the perceived health status and sleep quality of the community-dwelling older adults. Through the use of convenience sampling strategy, eight community care centers with 232 older adults in Kaohsiung were recruited and randomly assigned based on their community care centers to a HBA experimental group or a wait-list control group. Participants in the experimental group received the HBA exercise program led by trained and certified instructors, three times per week, 40 minutes per practice for six months; participants in the wait-list control group continued with their regular daily activities. One pre-test and two post-tests, three months apart, were conducted. Phase II: Using the same method as in the phase I, participants from the phase I continued practicing the HBA exercise program, but guided by a DVD, for another six months. The feasibility, compliance, and effectiveness of the DVD-led HBA exercise program on the community-dwelling older adults were tested, and another two post-tests, three months apart, were conducted on the same outcome measurements as in the phase I.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-07-12
• Study First Submitted: 2016-04-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-04-21
• Study First Posted: 2016-04-22
• Status Verified: 2017-05
• Primary Completion: 2017-05-05
• Study Completion: 2017-05-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-05-10
• Last Update Posted: 2017-05-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 232

Inclusion Criteria

• community-dwelling older adults aged 65 and over
• Mandarin or Taiwanese speakers
• able to stand and walk without assistive devices
• cognitive alert and able to verbally state their name, address, and answer questions

Exclusion Criteria

• participants with severe and acute cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, or pulmonary illnesses

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Healthy Beat Accupunch	Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) exercise program	The HBA exercise program includes: 1) warm-up: 5 slow and gentle exercises to regulate qi, loosen up the body, and elevate the energy for a safe transition to the next phase, 2) accupunch: 14 low-to-medium speed exercises to punch the 14 meridians to enhance the cardiovascular-respiratory workout, and 3) relaxation: 5 low-speed, muscle relaxing exercises with deep breaths to sooth the body and mind. It is conducted 3 times per week and 40 minutes per practice.
Control	Control	The control group maintains daily activities.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived health status measured by SF-12 Health Survey	12 months	measured by SF-12 Health Survey

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleep quality measured by Pittsburge Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)	12 months	measured by Pittsburge Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)