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Effect of Activities and Exercise on Sleep in Elderly Persons With Dementia

NCT00888706 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 355

Last updated 2009-04-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine whether individualized social activities, physical resistance training and walking, and a combination of both are effective in improving nighttime sleep in elders with dementia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Control Condition

The group participated in the usual nursing home activities and routines.

BEHAVIORAL

Individualized Social Activities (ISA)

The group received individualized social activities one hour daily, during usual brief daytime napping episodes, between 9 am to 5 pm in brief 15-30 minute intervals five days a week.

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Resistance Training and Walking (PRT/walking)

The group participated in high intensity PRT to the hip and arm extensors (three sets of eight repetitions per muscle per group, approximately 40 minutes) plus 10 minutes of warm-up and 10 minutes of cool-down on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons for one hour (between 2-5pm). On Tuesdays and Thursdays, participants walked with a research assistant for as long as the participant could walk for up to 60 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

Combined ISA/PRT/walking

The group had one hour of ISA in the morning or afternoon and one hour of PRT/walking in the afternoon from 2-5pm five days a week. This group received interventions for 2 hours per day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    lead NIH

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-04-30
Completion
2008-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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