Long-Term Care in Motion - promoting physical activity in nursing home residents

Long-term care in motion - promoting physical activity in nursing home residents: A quasi experimental pre-post-assessment study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN96090441

Enrollment

150

Registered

2014-07-31

Start date

2014-07-14

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-02-11

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Conditions

Activity promotion in nursing homes Not Applicable

Interventions

1. Physical exercise training for nursing home residents The overall goal of the program is to enhance physical activity in nursing home residents. The physical exercise intervention i

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Residents: 1. Permanent resident in included nursing homes 2. Written informed consent (resident/legal representative) 3. For participation in exercise sessions: Ability to stand (supervised group training) or ability to walk (stepping video game) Staff level: 1. Permanent staff member of included nursing homes 2. Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Residents: 1. Short-term resident in one of the two nursing homes 2. Behavioral problems resulting in disturbance of exercise activities (with respect to participation in group sessions)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Apart from the descriptive measures which will only be recorded at baseline to describe the study sample, all primary and secondary measures will be recorded at baseline (T1), end of intervention (T2) and end of follow up (T3). Residents: 1. Physical activity: The duration, intensity, and frequency of residents' physical activity (lying, sitting, standing, walking) will be recorded using triaxial accelerometers ('uSense') for 48 consecutive hours. 2. Life space: Residents' life space will be measured objectively using a wireless tracking method ('s-net') recording residents' position continuously. Data concerning residents' covered distance, the amount of time spent at defined locations and the duration and frequency of changes of locations will be assessed.	—

Measure

Time frame

Apart from the descriptive measures which will only be recorded at baseline to describe the study sample, all primary and secondary measures will be recorded at baseline (T1), end of intervention (T2) and end of follow up (T3). Residents: 1. Physical activity: The duration, intensity, and frequency of residents' physical activity (lying, sitting, standing, walking) will be recorded using triaxial accelerometers ('uSense') for 48 consecutive hours. 2. Life space: Residents' life space will be measured objectively using a wireless tracking method ('s-net') recording residents' position continuously. Data concerning residents' covered distance, the amount of time spent at defined locations and the duration and frequency of changes of locations will be assessed.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Residents: 1. Physical and functional performance (Short Physical Performance Battery; Timed Up & Go; Gait speed, inherent motor-cognitive assessment of stepping game) 2. Various assessments of psycho-social variables (Fear of falling [short FES-I], Depression [Geriatric Depression Scale, GDS; Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, MÅDRS], general self-efficacy [Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeit Kurzskala, ASKU], Social integration [De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale]) Descriptive characteristics of residents (age, gender etc.) will be assessed at baseline. Staff: 1. Work-related consequences of strain (e.g., difficulty relaxing after work) (Irritation Scale) 2. Satisfaction with work (single item) 3. Age stereotypes (Expectations Regarding Aging Survey [ERA-12]; domain-specific age stereotypes questionnaire) 4. Subjective nursing competency (Fragebogen zur pflegerischen Handlungskompetenz, in German) 5. Contact with residents: Staff motivation when interacting with residents (e.g., preference for dependence- or independence-supportive behavior) in interaction with residents (self-developed items)	—

Measure

Time frame

Residents: 1. Physical and functional performance (Short Physical Performance Battery; Timed Up & Go; Gait speed, inherent motor-cognitive assessment of stepping game) 2. Various assessments of psycho-social variables (Fear of falling [short FES-I], Depression [Geriatric Depression Scale, GDS; Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, MÅDRS], general self-efficacy [Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeit Kurzskala, ASKU], Social integration [De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale]) Descriptive characteristics of residents (age, gender etc.) will be assessed at baseline. Staff: 1. Work-related consequences of strain (e.g., difficulty relaxing after work) (Irritation Scale) 2. Satisfaction with work (single item) 3. Age stereotypes (Expectations Regarding Aging Survey [ERA-12]; domain-specific age stereotypes questionnaire) 4. Subjective nursing competency (Fragebogen zur pflegerischen Handlungskompetenz, in German) 5. Contact with residents: Staff motivation when interacting with residents (e.g., preference for dependence- or independence-supportive behavior) in interaction with residents (self-developed items)

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Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 19, 2026