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Effects of a physical exercise program for the elderly

Active aging: effects of an exercise program

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-7dpnb52
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-09-01
Start date
2025-03-17
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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Conditions

Hypertension

Interventions

This is a mixed (quantitative and qualitative) follow-up study to evaluate the effectiveness of a continuous physical activity program entitled Physical Exercise Program for Women's Health (PROEM) in
2. approximately 12 weeks of physical training
3. one week for post-training assessments
4. approximately 12 weeks of detraining
and repeat from the beginning). The experimental groups are multicomponent training (n=50), resistance training (n=30), Mat Pilates (n=50), and dance (n=30), and may vary in each cycle. The control gr
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Sponsors

Profa. Dra. Iane de Paiva Novais
Lead Sponsor
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
45 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Be female; be between 45 and 75 years old; be post-menopausal, have not had a menstrual cycle for at least 12 months and present a medical certificate authorizing the practice of physical activity

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Being a smoker; not having control over blood pressure or blood sugar levels; using hormone replacement therapy and having a contraindication to performing physical exercises, identified through the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To assess the scope, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance of the Physical Exercise Program for Women's Health (PROEM), using the RE-AIM model

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
It is expected to find an improvement in Quality of Life, assessed through the short version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-bref), which consists of 26 questions, two of which assess the general perception of QoL and satisfaction with health, and the other 24 are divided into four domains: physical, psychological, social relationships and environment. The scores of the domains and general quality of life are expressed on a scale of zero to 100, with zero being the worst quality of life and 100 being the best quality of life, calculated following the syntax proposed by the World Health Organization. In this way, we will observe through the pre and post intervention evaluation, whether there was an improvement in the quality of life of the participants;It is expected to find an improvement in sleep quality, assessed by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, this instrument involves factors related to the participant's sleep over the last month, evaluating subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disorders, use of sleeping medications and dysfunction during the day. The scores are added together and range from 0 to 21, where sleep quality is classified as: a) Good: 0 to 4 points; b) Bad: 5 to 10 points; and c) Presence of sleep disorder: greater than 10 points. In this way, we will observe through the pre and post intervention evaluation, whether there was an improvement in the participants' sleep quality;It is expected to find an improvement in the symptoms of menopause, assessed by the Menopause Symptom Scale (MRS). This scale assesses the quality of life and the symptoms of menopause through 11 questions distributed in 3 subscales: somato-vegetative symptoms (shortness of breath, sweating, hot flashes; heart discomfort, sleep problems; muscle and joint problems), psychological (depressive mood, irritability, anxiety, physical and mental exhaustion) and urogenital (sexual problems,

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactIane Novais

Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB

iane.paiva@uesb.edu.br+55 (73) 991022749

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)