Effects of 12-week Aerobic and Resistance Exercises on Alexithymia, Depression and Quality of Life in Geriatric Individuals
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 70
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- quality of life
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of aerobic and resistance exercises on depression, alexithymia levels and quality of life of elderly individuals.
详细描述
In this study, investigators hypothesized that aerobic and resistance exercises can increase the quality of life of elderly individuals by reducing their depression and alexithymia levels. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of aerobic and resistance exercises on depression, alexithymia levels and quality of life of elderly individuals.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Individuals aged 65 and over who volunteered to participate in the study,
- •Conscious and without communication problems,
- •No orthopedic injury that prevents walking
- •Those who are physically inactive according to the International Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire
- •Those who have sufficient motivation to participate in the exercise program (will be evaluated by a one-on-one interview by the researchers)
- •Being eligible to participate in an exercise program after a cardiac examination (resting ECG and questioning of cardiac symptoms, advanced tests such as exercise ECG test if necessary) performed by the physician.
排除标准
- •Having a history of neuromuscular disease
- •Serious medical condition (eg advanced malignancy or major neurological, psychiatric or endocrine disease, respiratory failure, etc.) that would prevent the person from participating in exercise training.
- •Less than 1 year life expectancy
- •Having an orthopedic injury that prevents walking
- •Presence of advanced sensory deficit
- •Having visual and hearing problems
- •Not having sufficient communication skills (Mini Mental Test score below 24 points)
- •Not having agreed to participate in the study
- •Uncontrolled hypertension
- •Not being found suitable for exercise in the examination performed by physicians and physiotherapists
研究组 & 干预措施
Exercise
Exercise program consisting of 12 weeks of aerobic and resistance exercises
干预措施: Aerobic and ResistanceExercise (Behavioral)
Control
No intervention will be made
结局指标
主要结局
quality of life
时间窗: 1 week
level of quality of life measured by health related quality of life scale(min:24, max:120, high levels means low quality of life)
Alexythimia
时间窗: 1 week
Alexythimia level as measured by the toronto Alexythimia scale (min:0, max:100, 61 ore more means more alexythimia)
Depression
时间窗: 1 week
depression level as measured by the geriatric depression scale (min:0, max:15, 5 or more means more depression)
次要结局
未报告次要终点