Trial Outcomes & Findings for BAILA: Being Active, Increasing Latinos Healthy Aging (NCT NCT01988233)

NCT ID: NCT01988233

Last Updated: 2022-07-27

Results Overview

CHAMPS PA Questionnaire assesses weekly frequency and duration of a variety of lifestyle physical activities that are meaningful and appropriate for older adults.

• Recruitment status: COMPLETED
• Study phase: NA
• Target enrollment: 333 participants
• Primary outcome timeframe: Change from baseline to post-intervention 4 months
• Results posted on: 2022-07-27

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Measure	BAILAMOS© Dance Program BAILAMOS© Dance Program + Maintenance Program: includes a 4-month twice-weekly adoption phase and a 4-month twice-weekly maintenance phase. Each month during adoption a new dance style is introduced by a professional dance instructor. During the 4-month maintenance phase an indigenous dance leader, trained by the professional dance instructor, will lead dance with participants twice per week BAILAMOS© Dance Program	Health Education Control Group Health Education Control Group: Sedentary older Latinos randomly assigned to the health education control group will participate in classes developed for older adults and offered by the University of Illinois Extension. All classes are conducted in Spanish by extension staff using Spanish-language materials. Classes will meet one day per week for two hours, to provide equitable social contact as the treatment group. Health Education Control Group
Overall Study STARTED	167	166
Overall Study COMPLETED	103	115
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	64	51

Reasons for withdrawal

Measure	BAILAMOS© Dance Program BAILAMOS© Dance Program + Maintenance Program: includes a 4-month twice-weekly adoption phase and a 4-month twice-weekly maintenance phase. Each month during adoption a new dance style is introduced by a professional dance instructor. During the 4-month maintenance phase an indigenous dance leader, trained by the professional dance instructor, will lead dance with participants twice per week BAILAMOS© Dance Program	Health Education Control Group Health Education Control Group: Sedentary older Latinos randomly assigned to the health education control group will participate in classes developed for older adults and offered by the University of Illinois Extension. All classes are conducted in Spanish by extension staff using Spanish-language materials. Classes will meet one day per week for two hours, to provide equitable social contact as the treatment group. Health Education Control Group
Overall Study Lost to Follow-up	64	51

Baseline Characteristics

BAILA: Being Active, Increasing Latinos Healthy Aging

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Measure	BAILAMOS© Dance Program n=167 Participants BAILAMOS© Dance Program + Maintenance Program: includes a 4-month twice-weekly adoption phase and a 4-month twice-weekly maintenance phase. Each month during adoption a new dance style is introduced by a professional dance instructor. During the 4-month maintenance phase an indigenous dance leader, trained by the professional dance instructor, will lead dance with participants twice per week BAILAMOS© Dance Program	Health Education Control Group n=166 Participants Health Education Control Group: Sedentary older Latinos randomly assigned to the health education control group will participate in classes developed for older adults and offered by the University of Illinois Extension. All classes are conducted in Spanish by extension staff using Spanish-language materials. Classes will meet one day per week for two hours, to provide equitable social contact as the treatment group. Health Education Control Group	Total n=333 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous	64.14 Years STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.39 • n=5 Participants	65.67 Years STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.68 • n=7 Participants	64.91 Years STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.08 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	140 Participants n=5 Participants	141 Participants n=7 Participants	281 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	27 Participants n=5 Participants	25 Participants n=7 Participants	52 Participants n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Hispanic or Latino	167 Participants n=5 Participants	166 Participants n=7 Participants	333 Participants n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Not Hispanic or Latino	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Unknown or Not Reported	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment United States	167 participants n=5 Participants	166 participants n=7 Participants	333 participants n=5 Participants
Body Mass Index	31.47 kg/m^2 STANDARD_DEVIATION 4.54 • n=5 Participants	30.84 kg/m^2 STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.05 • n=7 Participants	31.15 kg/m^2 STANDARD_DEVIATION 4.79 • n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Change from baseline to post-intervention 4 months

Population: Those randomized to intervention or control group.

CHAMPS PA Questionnaire assesses weekly frequency and duration of a variety of lifestyle physical activities that are meaningful and appropriate for older adults.

Outcome measures

Measure	BAILAMOS© Dance Program n=167 Participants BAILAMOS© Dance Program + Maintenance Program: includes a 4-month twice-weekly adoption phase and a 4-month twice-weekly maintenance phase. Each month during adoption a new dance style is introduced by a professional dance instructor. During the 4-month maintenance phase an indigenous dance leader, trained by the professional dance instructor, will lead dance with participants twice per week BAILAMOS© Dance Program	Health Education Control Group n=166 Participants Health Education Control Group: Sedentary older Latinos randomly assigned to the health education control group will participate in classes developed for older adults and offered by the University of Illinois Extension. All classes are conducted in Spanish by extension staff using Spanish-language materials. Classes will meet one day per week for two hours, to provide equitable social contact as the treatment group. Health Education Control Group
Minutes Per Week of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity	156.84 Change in minutes/week Standard Deviation 12.57	86.84 Change in minutes/week Standard Deviation 43.9

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Change from baseline to post-intervention 4 months

Population: Participants randomized to each group with data at baseline.

400 Meter walk

Outcome measures

Measure	BAILAMOS© Dance Program n=151 Participants BAILAMOS© Dance Program + Maintenance Program: includes a 4-month twice-weekly adoption phase and a 4-month twice-weekly maintenance phase. Each month during adoption a new dance style is introduced by a professional dance instructor. During the 4-month maintenance phase an indigenous dance leader, trained by the professional dance instructor, will lead dance with participants twice per week BAILAMOS© Dance Program	Health Education Control Group n=149 Participants Health Education Control Group: Sedentary older Latinos randomly assigned to the health education control group will participate in classes developed for older adults and offered by the University of Illinois Extension. All classes are conducted in Spanish by extension staff using Spanish-language materials. Classes will meet one day per week for two hours, to provide equitable social contact as the treatment group. Health Education Control Group
Physical Function Performance as Assessed by Time of 400 Meter Walk	-0.31 Seconds Standard Deviation 8.51	2.48 Seconds Standard Deviation 13.76

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Change from baseline to post-intervention 4 months

Population: Data from participants randomized who had baseline data.

Working Memory: The score is the number of correctly retrieved strings in each part of the Digit Span Test plus the number of correctly reordered strings from the Digit Ordering. Higher scores indicated better outcomes. Higher change indicate better outcomes.

Outcome measures

Measure	BAILAMOS© Dance Program n=167 Participants BAILAMOS© Dance Program + Maintenance Program: includes a 4-month twice-weekly adoption phase and a 4-month twice-weekly maintenance phase. Each month during adoption a new dance style is introduced by a professional dance instructor. During the 4-month maintenance phase an indigenous dance leader, trained by the professional dance instructor, will lead dance with participants twice per week BAILAMOS© Dance Program	Health Education Control Group n=166 Participants Health Education Control Group: Sedentary older Latinos randomly assigned to the health education control group will participate in classes developed for older adults and offered by the University of Illinois Extension. All classes are conducted in Spanish by extension staff using Spanish-language materials. Classes will meet one day per week for two hours, to provide equitable social contact as the treatment group. Health Education Control Group
Cognitive Function	.25 Items recalled correctly Standard Deviation 1.43	.03 Items recalled correctly Standard Deviation 1.44

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Change from baseline to post-intervention 4 months

Population: Data from participants randomized at baseline who have baseline data.

Function Subscale of Late Life Function & Disability Instrument. Higher scores reflect more limitation in performing tasks. Range on questionnaire is 15-75. Change is reported here.

Outcome measures

Measure	BAILAMOS© Dance Program n=165 Participants BAILAMOS© Dance Program + Maintenance Program: includes a 4-month twice-weekly adoption phase and a 4-month twice-weekly maintenance phase. Each month during adoption a new dance style is introduced by a professional dance instructor. During the 4-month maintenance phase an indigenous dance leader, trained by the professional dance instructor, will lead dance with participants twice per week BAILAMOS© Dance Program	Health Education Control Group n=166 Participants Health Education Control Group: Sedentary older Latinos randomly assigned to the health education control group will participate in classes developed for older adults and offered by the University of Illinois Extension. All classes are conducted in Spanish by extension staff using Spanish-language materials. Classes will meet one day per week for two hours, to provide equitable social contact as the treatment group. Health Education Control Group
Self-Reported Functional Limitations	-0.51 score on a scale Standard Deviation 9.12	0.23 score on a scale Standard Deviation 8.12

Adverse Events

BAILAMOS© Dance Program

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Health Education Control Group

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. David X. Marquez

University of Illinois Chicago

Phone: 3129961209

Email: marquezd@uic.edu

Results disclosure agreements

• Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
• Publication restrictions are in place