Strength Training and Quality of Life in Elderly (ST-QOL)

Effects of Different Strength Training Programs on Quality of Life in Elderly

Aim: To evaluate the impact of three different strength training programs on psychological wellbeing of elderly.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Quality of Life
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Strength training

Detailed Description

Background: Physical activity in the elderly has benefits which improve psychological wellbeing. However, the majority of older adults perform less physical activity with advancing age.

Aim: To evaluate the impact of three different 32-week strength training programs (low, moderate and high intensity) on psychological wellbeing of elderly.

Design: Randomized Controlled Trial.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 80
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Valencia
    • Moncada, Valencia, Spain, 46113
      • Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 60 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• age ≥60 years;
• having the ability to speak and write in Spanish;
• having the ability to complete the questionnaires independently.

Exclusion Criteria:

-the presence of any medical problem or pathology that could hinder physical activity practice

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control; No intervention
Experimental: Experimental-Low Intensity Strength Training; Strength training (low intensity)	Other: Strength training; Strength training
Experimental: Experimental-Moderate Intensity Strength Training; Strength training (moderate intensity)	Other: Strength training; Strength training
Experimental: Experimental-High Intensity Strength Training; Strength training (high intensity)	Other: Strength training; Strength training

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Quality of life, assessed through the Short Form 36 health survey questionnaire.	This questionnaire measures quality of live. It provides information on 8 scales, scoring from 0 (worst health) to 100 (best health), and on the physical component scale (PCS) and the mental component scale (MCS), normalized scores representing overall physical and mental functioning.	32 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Emotional wellbeing, assessed through the STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) questionnaire.	The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983). It can be used in clinical settings to diagnose anxiety and to distinguish it from depressive syndromes. It also is often used in research as an indicator of caregiver distress. STAI has 20 items for assessing trait anxiety and 20 for state anxiety. All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.	32 weeks
Motivation towards physical activity, assessed through the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-2)	This questionnaire consists of 19 items measuring stages on the continuum of self-determination. It measures external regulation (4 items), introjected regulation (3 items), identified regulation (4 items), intrinsic regulation (4 items), and it adds amotivation (4 items) on a scale from 1 (Not at all true for me) to 5 (Absolutely true for me). Each of the subscales has a maximum score, with a maximum of 20 for external regulation, identified regulation, intrinsic regulation and amotivation, and 15 for introjected regulation.	32 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University
• Investigators: Study Director: JF Lisón, PhD, Cardenal Herrera University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 22, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 10, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): July 10, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 13, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 14, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): May 16, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 16, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 15, 2020
• Last Verified: July 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: UNIVERSITY CARDENAL HERRERA-19

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No