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

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Division of Core Laboratory; Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

Changhua County, Taiwan