Status:
UNKNOWN
Improvement and Mechanism of Wheel-chair Music Aerobic Exercise on Depression and Insomnia Among the Elderly in Long-term Care Facilities
Lead Sponsor:
Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
Conditions:
Wheel-chair Dependent Elders
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Investigators anticipate to develop a customized WC-MAE for the improvement of insomnia and depression in wheel-chair dependent elders, and to identify related mechanisms as biomarkers for prediction ...
Detailed Description
It has been shown that two-thirds of elderly residents living in long term care facilities lack regular exercise. The lack of physical activity may cause decreased physical function, impaired immunity...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Live in central and southern Taiwan
- Resident in one of the selected long-term care facilities and age 65 years or above
- Able to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese
Exclusion
- Severe cognitive deficit (screen by using short portable mental status questionnaire, SPMSQ) (Pfeiffer, 1975)
- Major cardiovascular diseases, requires screening before the exercise
- Immune diseases
- Drug-induced depression
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
February 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
170 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02256020
Start Date
February 1 2014
End Date
February 1 2015
Last Update
October 3 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Division of Core Laboratory; Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
Changhua County, Taiwan