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Community Dissemination of Tai Ji Quan

NCT ID: NCT01854931

Last Updated: 2017-12-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

511 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-05-31

Study Completion Date

2017-09-30

Brief Summary

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The overarching objective of this project is to assess the potential public health impact of delivering Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance, a proven fall prevention program, through local community dissemination partners (e.g., senior service providers), in the selected counties in the state of Oregon.

Detailed Description

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The program, Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance, developed by ORI scientists (2003; 2004; 2008, a,b) was implemented in this dissemination project. Class duration was 90 minutes, 2-times per week over a 12-month period. During the initial 2 weeks, practice involved learning and performing 2 forms practiced in one set of 8 repetitions (for each form) and increased to a set of 10 repetitions for up to 5 forms between Week 3 and Week 5. Although additional forms were learned as the intervention progressed, starting in Week 6, training focused on 10-12 repetitions of the combination of forms rather than single forms. Once all 8 forms were learned ( Week 10), training was maintained at between 10-15 repetitions of the 8-form routine. Exercise activities were accompanied by music. Each Tai Chi practice session included (a) a 10-15 minute warm-up, (b) 60 minutes of Tai Chi practice, and (c) a 10-minute cool-down period. Instruction comprised (a) learning new movements and (b) reviewing movements learned from previous sessions. In addition, copies of the videotape/DVD and user's guidebook were distributed to all participants who were encouraged to use these materials for additional home practice.

All participating individuals were assessed at baseline, 6 months (mid-point), 12 months (intervention termination), and 6 months following the intervention (post-intervention follow-up) on measures of health, fall history, functional ability, and quality-of-life. Each evaluation session lasted about one hour and was conducted by a trained research assessor in various centers where these classes were held.

Conditions

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Older Adults at Risk of Falling

Keywords

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Tai Ji Quan fall prevention community dissemination

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Tai Ji Quan

Single aim intervention - 2 twice per week for 48 weeks

Group Type OTHER

Tai Ji Quan

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

single aim intervention

Interventions

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Tai Ji Quan

single aim intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

(a) 65 years of age or over, (b) physically mobile (i.e., can walk one or two blocks with or without an assistive device), and (c) medical clearance by a healthcare provider.

Exclusion Criteria

(a) severe cognitive deficits defined by Mini-Mental State Evaluation, and (b) unable to commit for the 12 month duration of the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Oregon Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Fuzhong Li, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Oregon Research Institute

Locations

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Oregon Research Institute

Eugene, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Li F, Harmer P, Fitzgerald K. Implementing an Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Intervention in Community Senior Centers. Am J Public Health. 2016 Nov;106(11):2026-2031. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303386. Epub 2016 Sep 15.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27631751 (View on PubMed)

Li F, Harmer P. Protocol for disseminating an evidence-based fall prevention program in community senior centers: evaluation of translatability and public health impact via a single group pre-post study. Implement Sci. 2014 May 26;9:63. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-9-63.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24884784 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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AG034956-02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id