Status:
COMPLETED
Managing Stress and Social Ties for Health Aging
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, Los Angeles
Conditions:
Stress
Eligibility:
All Genders
60+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
There has been a dramatic rise from 46% to 59% in the percentage of households with only 1-2 people from 1970 to 2000. A 40% increase in the number of people living alone is projected for 2010. Social...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adults \> 60 years old
- Have not done Tai Chi before
- Live in Los Angeles area
- Socially isolated
- Women must be post menopausal
Exclusion
- Any physical debility that limits Tai Chi performance;
- Cognitive impairment (\< 23 on the Mini-Mental State Exam);
- Current or recent history of smoking
- Immune suppression resulting from neoplastic disease
- Corticosteroid use or other therapy
- Significant underlying illness that would interfere or prevent completion of the study
- Acute conditions (e.g. viral infection w/in 2 weeks) that might confound interpretation of inflammatory data
- Current or recent (within 1 month) use of illicit drugs.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
26 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01204021
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
August 1 2010
Last Update
November 18 2016
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