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NCT Number: NCT05885308

Intervening for Increased Quality of Life Among Older People in Sweden

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sweden and other countries have become aware of how life has changed; the world is now a "hybrid world" where many daily activities have moved online. The forced physical isolation has also led to an increase in depression and loneliness, especially among elderly people. Traditional interventions often involve physical contact, and there are valuable lessons to be learned from this situation, where physical isolation is forced, in order to mitigate the consequences both during and after this pandemic.

The overall purpose of this project is to study physical activity as a way to engage in and maintain an active lifestyle and /or increase the quality of life and limit mental health problems for older people and to study how scalability, accessibility, commitment, and adherence can be improved with flexible programs with digital tools. The specific research question is:

Is there a difference between the online exercise program and the onsite exercise program in terms of physical activity, balance, motivation, quality of life and mental health?

The results are expected to give insights into how to increase physical activity using flexible programs with digital options and to maintain quality of life among the elderly. By giving the elderly population different options for being physically active and thereby empowering this group, this project contributes to creating a socially sustainable community in which elderly citizens are included.

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Key information

Conditions

Physical Inactivity Behavior Mental Health Issue Sedentary Behavior

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Karlstad University

Karlstad, Värmland County, 65188, Sweden

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Understand Swedish

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

Otago

Behavioral

Group training is compared with training performed at participants' homes, using an online film

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in physical activity

    Time frame: Time points: 0, 3 and 6 months

    The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) (for older people) measures physical activity where the individual self-reports the number of minutes spent inactive and active (Sember et al., 2020).

    The number of steps will be measured with a pedometer.

  2. Change in leg strength and endurance

    Time frame: Time points: 0, 3 and 6 months

    30-Second Chair Stand will be used to test leg strength and endurance (Jones et al 2000). The investigator record the number of times the patient stands in 30 seconds. A below average score indicates a risk for falls. For example, a below average score for men aged 70-74 is < 12 and < 10 for women.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in depression

    Time frame: Time points: 0, 3 and 6 months

    GDS 20 (Geriatric Depression Scale) is a screening instrument with 20 items to identify depression in older people (Brink, T. L. et al 1982). The questions are answered with yes or no, and answers indicating issues (sometimes yes, sometimes no) are given one point. Scores of 0-5 on the scale are interpreted as depression being unlikely, while scores of 6-20 are interpreted as possible suspicion of depression.

  2. Change in Quality Of Life

    Time frame: Time points: 0, 3 and 6 months

    EQ-5D-5L measures Quality Of Life and comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems, and extreme problems. The maximum score of 1 indicates the best health state In addition, the individual self-report their health on a scale from 0-100, where 100 represented the best health (https://euroqol.org/eq-5d-instruments/eq-5d-5l-about/; Burström et al., 2020; Feng, Kohlmann, Janssen, & Buchholz, 2020).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Karlstad University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Jun 1, 2023
Registry last updated
Jun 1, 2023

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