Healthy Aging
Conditions
Keywords
Healthy aging, Cardiorespiratory fitness, Muscular fitness, Health promotion
Brief summary
To compare the different cardiopulmonary and muscular fitness of community-dwelling older adults on healthy aging, and to identify the optimal cutoff points of their cardiopulmonary fitness and muscular fitness on targeting healthy aging.
Detailed description
At the end of the 20th century, the WHO began to promote the issue of healthy aging. From then on, the Taiwan government gradually attached importance to long-term care and devoted to developing community-based health promotion programs for the elderly. Currently, the programs commonly plan to proceed through the group exercise intervention, increasing physical activity to improve their physical fitness and also to prevent their functional disability. This study aims to compare the different cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular fitness of community-dwelling older adults on healthy aging, and figure out to what extent of cardiorespiratory fitness level and muscular fitness level may achieve healthy aging. The present healthy status of participants will be investigated by interviewing if having any disability or frail. Based on multidimensional model, the definition and measurement of healthy aging status include physiological, psychological and social function aspect. In this study, the health aging status is defined as non-frailty, independence in basic and instrumental activities of daily living, normal cognitive function, absent of depression status, good social relations and good environmental support.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALGroup exercises
Group exercises including aerobic, resistance and stretching exercise. Once a week for 8-12 weeks.
Sponsors
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
55 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
* Aged ≥ 55 years old * Had contact information from project * Had attended both pre-test or post-test during program * Volunteer to participant
Exclusion criteria
* Incomplete physical fitness data * Participant with frailty after screening during the class * Not available to respond * Not accept the informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Physiological health: non-frailty | once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs | SOF index (study of osteoporotic fracture index). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 3. Non-frailty is defined as the score less than 2 points. |
| Physiological health: independence in basic activities of daily living | once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs | Katz ADL index (Katz index of independence in activities of daily living). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 6. Independence in basic ADL is defined as that score 0 point. |
| Physiological health: independence in instrumental activities of daily living | once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs | Lawton IADL scale (Lawton scale of instrumental activities of daily living). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 8. Independence in IADL is defined as that score 0 point. |
| Mental health: normal cognitive function | once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs | MoCA (Montreal cognitive assessment). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 30. Normal cognitive function is defined as score above 24. |
| Mental health: absent of depression status | once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs | GDS-15 (short form geriatric depression scale). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 15. Absent of depression status is defined as score less than 5. |
| Social function: good social relations | once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs | WHOQOL-BREF (WHO Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire). Minimum value is 4 and maximum value is 20. Good social relations is defined as score above 15. |
| Social function: good environmental support | once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs | WHOQOL-BREF (WHO Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire). Minimum value is 4 and maximum value is 20. Good environment support is defined as score above 15. |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed