Enhancing Independence Using Group-based Community Interventions for Healthy AGing in Elders: the ENGAGE Pilot Study
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Completed
Summary
- Conditions
- Mobility Limitation
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: The ENGAGE Somerville Study is designed as a single blind, randomized-controlled, parallel-group pilot study. This study plans to enroll up to 50 participants to be randomized into the PA or health aging intervention.Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: The study assessor will be blinded to the treatment assignment. The study investigators and interventionists will not be blinded.Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 65 years and 89 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Older adults who lose their mobility experience a poorer quality of life, are less likely to remain independent in the community and have higher rates of chronic disease, falls and mortality. Recent results from the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) study demonstrated that a...
Older adults who lose their mobility experience a poorer quality of life, are less likely to remain independent in the community and have higher rates of chronic disease, falls and mortality. Recent results from the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) study demonstrated that a structured program of physical activity (PA) reduced the onset of major mobility disability in at-risk older adults by up to 28% over a 2.6 year period. Despite the public health significance of this study, to-date no study has attempted to translate LIFE PA to broader populations of at-risk older adults in community-based settings. To address this knowledge gap, and to aid the design of a larger pragmatic trial of LIFE PA in community-based settings, the investigators conducted the ENhancing independence using Group-based community interventions for healthy AGing in Elders (ENGAGE) pilot study. The investigators examined the safety and feasibility of translating LIFE PA into the existing infrastructure of a community-based senior center. The investigators also explored the preliminary real-world effectiveness of PA on physical performance and several other important health related outcomes for older persons, including cognitive function, quality of life, depressive symptoms and frequency of falling.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03430271
- Collaborators
- Somerville Council on Aging
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Kieran Reid, PhD Tufts University
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