Improving Balance for Older Adults: Disseminating Tai Chi Fundamentals Through Community Organizations

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

197 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-08-31

Study Completion Date

2017-07-31

Brief Summary

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This study will evaluate how best to disseminate and implement Tai Chi Fundamentals® (TCF) in community settings for older adults with balance problems. TCF is a program designed for older adults with pain and physical limitations to enhance balance, coordination, strength and endurance. Investigator will evaluate program implementation including Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) uptake, reach, feasibility, teaching fidelity, and exercise adherence and also collect outcomes including leg strength, balance, walking ability and executive function before and after the 6-week session. The final product of this study will be recommendations to address key barriers and facilitators for implementation of TCF by community organizations serving older adults.

The primary aim for this study is to evaluate the program implementation. This is not an efficacy study. Within the limits of a Dissemination and Implementation grant budget, Investigators do take advantage of a natural experiment even if it is not the primary aim of this study. By doing so investigators plan to establish the feasibility of this multi-site data collection plan for future studies. Based on the study settings, study team will get a chance to explore the effect of TCF in real world settings since two sessions can be held in a fall season and a spring season. In addition to the pre-post tests of TCF sessions to explore TCF effectiveness, pre-test scores for session 2 are compared to post-test scores of session 1 participants since both are collected at nearly the same time. The larger sample will be for the within group pre-post comparison analyses. This will be a valuable opportunity to test data collection procedures for future trials.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Older Aged Adults; Balance

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants will be randomly assigned to immediately begin short 6-week modified tai chi course along with a personal home practice plan to receive greater Tai chi dose(session 1) or complete a 8-week wait (wait-list control). Wait-list group will be receiving Tai-chi prime intervention after 8 weeks wait time (session-2).

In addition to the pre-post tests of TCF sessions to explore TCF effectiveness, pre-test scores for session 2 are compared to post-test scores of session 1 participants since both are collected at nearly the same time.

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Tai Chi Prime (TCP)-session 1

This arm will receive Tai chi prime as an intervention. TCP is a combination of two components: (a) Tai-chi fundamental Adapted Program, and (b) home practice coaching.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tai-chi prime (TCP)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

TCP is a 6-week twice-weekly simplified tai chi class of 1.5 hr per session with two components: (a) Tai-chi fundamental Adapted Program, and (b) home practice coaching.

Wait list control-session 2

Wait-list group will be receiving Tai-chi prime intervention after 8 weeks wait time. At week 7, pre-test measures from wait-list group will be used as a control and compared with the post intervention measures of the experimental group.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Tai-chi prime (TCP)

TCP is a 6-week twice-weekly simplified tai chi class of 1.5 hr per session with two components: (a) Tai-chi fundamental Adapted Program, and (b) home practice coaching.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* being 65 years and older
* dwelling independently in the community
* agreeing to be randomized
* reporting a fall (to the ground or lower level in the last year or having a strong fear of falling.

Exclusion Criteria

* using a walker indoors
* having a terminal illness
* being hospitalized or in a nursing home in the past 2 months
* anticipated absence from two tai chi sessions and
* receiving physical therapy or a community course or balance exercise program for falls prevention in the prior 2 months

Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes