Chair-bound Exergaming in Pre-frail/ Frail Older Adults in Nursing Home
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Exergaming.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Frailty in Older Adults. Basic parameters: from 60 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Hong Kong
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effectiveness of Chair-bound Exergaming on Physical and Cognitive Functions in Pre-frail/ Frail Older Adults in Nursing Home: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
This pilot randomized controlled trial is designed to investigate the effectiveness of chair-bound exergaming on improving physical and cognitive function in pre-frail/ frail nursing home residents
Detailed description
Objective To explore the effects of the chair-bound exergaming on the enjoyment of physical activity in in pre-frail/ frail nursing home residents.
To evaluate the effects of the chair-bound exergaming in improving physical and cognitive function in pre-frail/ frail nursing home residents.
Research plan and methodology Thirty nursing home residents will be recruited from the nursing homes.
All the eligible participant will be randomly allocated to either one of the following 2 groups (i) Exergaming (intervention group), or (ii) wait list control.
1. Intervention group (exergaming group, ERG) Those allocated to the ERG will receive supervised chair-bound exercise programme for 12 weeks. 2. Control group (wait list control, CG) Those allocated to the CG will receive supervised chair-bound exercise programme for 12 weeks after post-assessment.
Interventions
- Behavioral Exergaming
This intervention will last 12 weeks. Frail/ pre-frail participants will engage in supervised chair-bound exergaming.
Primary outcome measures
- upper extremity endurance [Time frame: T0: baseline]
- upper extremity endurance [Time frame: T1: 6 week]
- upper extremity endurance [Time frame: T2: immediately (1 week) after intervention]
- enjoyment [Time frame: T0: baseline]
- enjoyment [Time frame: T1: 6 week]
- enjoyment [Time frame: T2: immediately (1 week) after intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (12)
- upper extremity strength [Time frame: T0: baseline]
- upper extremity strength [Time frame: T1: 6 week]
- upper extremity strength [Time frame: T2: immediately (1 week) after intervention]
- lung capacity [Time frame: T0: baseline]
- lung capacity [Time frame: T1: 6 week]
- lung capacity [Time frame: T2: immediately (1 week) after intervention]
- sitting balance [Time frame: T0: baseline]
- sitting balance [Time frame: T1: 6 week]
- sitting balance [Time frame: T2: immediately (1 week) after intervention]
- feasibility, acceptability and appropriateness of intervention [Time frame: T2: immediately (1 week) after intervention]
- mental health [Time frame: T0: baseline]
- mental health [Time frame: T1: 6 week]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- older adults aged 60 years or older living in the nursing homes;
- pre-frail or frail according to the Fried Frailty Phenotypes;
- ability to understand and execute instructions; and
- ability to sit unassisted on a chair or in a wheelchair.
Exclusion criteria
- no controlled medical diagnosed of severe cardiometabolic, respiratory and musculoskeletal disorders;
- any conditions that hinder the participation of intervention and assessment; and
- being involved in any other clinical trials.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Hong Kong · 1 center
- Hiu Kwong (Tak Yue) Nursing Centre — Kowloon
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06849557 · HE-SF2024/58