Functional ability
Conditions
Interventions
1:Multicomponent intervention group without goal-setting
2:Multicomponent intervention group with goal-setting
3:receiving the HLE program.
Sponsors
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Community-dwelling older men or women aged 60 years and older; - Understand Cantonese; - With limited mobility without mobility disability (Short Physical Performance Battery score = 3-9); and/or - Assessed with possible sarcopenia (low muscle strength (handgrip strength M: < 28 kg, F: < 18 kg) or low physical performance (5-chair rise test = 12 s));3 and/or - Diagonised with sarcopenia (low appendicular skeletal muscle mass (bioelectrical impedance analysis M: < 7.0kg/m2, F: < 5.7kg/m2) and low muscle strength (handgrip strength M: < 28 kg, F: < 18 kg) and/or low physical performance (5-chair rise test = 12 s));3 and/or - With history of falls in the past year; and/or - With physical pre-frailty/frailty (FRAIL score = 1); and/or - With cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-Minute Protocol Hong Kong Version score = age and education corrected percentile cutoff, without doctor diagnosed dementia); and/or - With impaired vitality (Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form score = 11/low muscle strength (handgrip strength M: < 28 kg, F: < 18 kg).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Unable to get up from a chair (with or without using the armrests) and stand for 20 seconds; - Receive treatment for medical conditions that preclude physical activity; - Diagnosis of dementia, dementia suspected by a clinician, or terminal illness; - Interviewer-adjudicated severe visual or hearing impairment; - Participation in a structured physical activity program, nutritional activities or board game activities; - Contraindications to safely engage in trial activities as judged by health professionals (e.g., doctors, nurses, physiotherapists etc.).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Balance;Gait speed;Muscle endurance; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Grip strength;Knee extension strength;Cardiovascular fitness;Appendicular skeletal muscle index;Risk of falls;Sarcopenia-specific Quality of Life;Frailty;Global cognitive function;Executive function;Nutritional status;Depression;Subjective well-being;Self-rated health;Functional status;Pain;History of falls;Hospitalization; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactDr. Ruby Ho Yan YU
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
Outcome results
None listed