Pilot Study of the Effects of Playing Golf on People With Dementia
NCT ID: NCT03462485
Last Updated: 2018-10-11
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
24 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2018-09-30
2019-07-31
Brief Summary
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Participants will be people with dementia and their caregivers. Eligibility criteria will include having been clinically diagnosed with dementia, being able to stand on one leg for at least six seconds to ensure participants are able to balance sufficiently well to be able to play golf. The study will be undertaken at The London Shire Golf Club, with the golf training provided by the Golf Trust, which is a charitable foundation experienced in providing golf training to people with a range of different disabilities.
The randomised controlled trial study will last 16 weeks, with a partial crossover design. The experimental group with have two eight-week periods of golf while the control group will have eight weeks without golf, then the golf intervention. There will be two 150-min sessions each week, starting with 30 minutes socialising, then 90 minutes playing golf, then 30 minutes socialising. The golf sessions will progress from putting, to chipping, and then a full swing, with sessions taking place on a nine-hole golf course. Participants will be evaluated before and after each eight-week period for physical function, physical activity level, cognitive function, and quality of life. Their caregivers will also provide information related to the PWD in terms of quality of life and psychopathology in dementia, as well as their own quality of life.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
CROSSOVER
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Golf intervention
The golf intervention will be an eight-week golf programme in which participants will be taught to play golf in two 150-min sessions each week. Each session will begin with 30 minutes of socialising, then 90 minutes playing golf, followed by another 30 minutes socialising. The golf sessions will progress from putting, to chipping, and then a full swing, with sessions taking place on a nine-hole golf course.
Golf
Eight weeks of twice-daily golf training
Control
Control participants will continue their normal activities.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Golf
Eight weeks of twice-daily golf training
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Receiving post-diagnostic support
* The capacity to give informed consent
* The physical capacity to play golf as determined by a single-leg stance test of balance
Exclusion Criteria
* Without the physical capacity to play golf, as determined by a single-leg stance test of balance
40 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Bedfordshire
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Prof David Hewson
Professor of Health and Ageing
Locations
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University of Bedfordshire
Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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IHREC820
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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