Intervening for Increased Quality of Life Among Older People in Sweden

NCT ID: NCT05885308

Last Updated: 2023-06-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 45 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-12-01

Brief Summary

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sweden and other countries have become aware of how life has changed; the world is now a "hybrid world" where many daily activities have moved online. The forced physical isolation has also led to an increase in depression and loneliness, especially among elderly people. Traditional interventions often involve physical contact, and there are valuable lessons to be learned from this situation, where physical isolation is forced, in order to mitigate the consequences both during and after this pandemic.

The overall purpose of this project is to study physical activity as a way to engage in and maintain an active lifestyle and /or increase the quality of life and limit mental health problems for older people and to study how scalability, accessibility, commitment, and adherence can be improved with flexible programs with digital tools. The specific research question is:

Is there a difference between the online exercise program and the onsite exercise program in terms of physical activity, balance, motivation, quality of life and mental health?

The results are expected to give insights into how to increase physical activity using flexible programs with digital options and to maintain quality of life among the elderly. By giving the elderly population different options for being physically active and thereby empowering this group, this project contributes to creating a socially sustainable community in which elderly citizens are included.

Conditions

Physical Inactivity; Mental Health Issue

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Group training

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Otago

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Group training is compared with training performed at participants' homes, using an online film

Online training

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Otago

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Group training is compared with training performed at participants' homes, using an online film

Interventions

Otago

Group training is compared with training performed at participants' homes, using an online film

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Understand Swedish

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Karlstad University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Johanna Gustavsson

Lecturer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Johanna Gustavsson, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Karlstad University

Locations

Karlstad University

Karlstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Countries

Sweden

Other Identifiers

20210102

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id