The Effects of Green Exercise Program Consisting of 12-week Aerobic and Resistance Exercises on Sleep Quality, Alexithymia, Anxiety and Depression in Elderly People

NCT ID: NCT05280249

Last Updated: 2022-08-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-04-04

Study Completion Date

2022-10-17

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of combination of aerobic and resistance exercises in the green exercise concept on depression, anxiety, alexithymia and sleep quality of elderly individuals. Elderly individuals over the age of 65 will be included in the study. Two groups of 20 people each will take part in the study. One group will be given aerobic and resistance exercises for 12 weeks, 2 days a week in the green exercise concept, the other group will be the control group and will not be included in the exercise program. Participants will be evaluated twice, at the beginning of the study and at the end of 12 weeks.

Detailed Description

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Forty volunteer participants aged 65 years over will be included in the study. Participants will be randomly divided into two groups as experimental and control group. While experimental group will receive both aerobic and resistance exercises and control group will receive no exercise. Exercises will be held in an open and green area. Depression, anxiety, alexithymia and sleep quality of elderly individuals will be evaulated at the beginning of the treatment and at the end of the twelfth week. The exercise program will be done for 12 weeks, 2 days a week.

Conditions

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Elderly Exercise

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Parallel Assignment Parallel Assignment Randomized
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
Evaluations will be made by an impartial researcher who was not involved in the study.

Study Groups

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Both aerobic and resistance exercises in the green exercise concept

Green exercise is a type of exercise done outdoors. It is an advantageous type of exercise in benefiting from sunlight and reducing anxiety. Participants in this group will be given aerobic and resistance exercises in the open air. For 20 participants who met the inclusion criteria, first 10 minutes of warm-up exercises, then 20 minutes of moderate-intensity (65% of heart rate) walking, followed by 15 minutes of low-intensity (50% of the maximum repetitions) resistance exercises will be trained in the presence of a physiotherapist. resistance exercises will be performed for shoulder flexors and abductors, elbow flexors and extensors, hip flexors and extensors, knee flexors and extensors, hip abductor muscle groups. At the end of each session, 5 minutes of stretching exercises will also be trained.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

both aerobic and resistance exercises in the green exercise concept

Intervention Type OTHER

Green exercise is a type of exercise done outdoors. It is an advantageous type of exercise in benefiting from sunlight and reducing anxiety. Participants in this group will be given aerobic and resistance exercises in the open air.

Control group

The exercise program will not be implemented. Evaluations will be made at the beginning and end of the study.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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both aerobic and resistance exercises in the green exercise concept

Green exercise is a type of exercise done outdoors. It is an advantageous type of exercise in benefiting from sunlight and reducing anxiety. Participants in this group will be given aerobic and resistance exercises in the open air.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* people aged over 65 years
* Be fit to participate in exercise program after the first cardiac examination by the physician
* Having a score above 24 in the Minimental Test

Exclusion Criteria

* Having neuromuscular disease
* Serious medical condition (for example, advanced malignancy or major neurological, psychiatric or endocrine disease, respiratory failure, etc.)
* Having an orthopedic disease that interferes with walking
* Having a score below 24 in the Minimental Test
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Istanbul Medeniyet University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Emel Mete

Research Assistant

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Istanbul Medeniyet University

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Facility Contacts

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EMEL METE

Role: primary

+905376096265

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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07.03.2022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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