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Older Veterans EmpoweRed To Use Regular Exercise (OVERTURE) II

NCT03580551 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2022-05-20

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the practicality of a short-term (8-weeks), home-based digital versatile disc (DVD) chair exercise program among 40 sedentary older Black/African American and White/Caucasian veterans with three or more chronic health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and osteoarthritis.

Conditions

  • Quality of Life
  • Aging

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention Group

Intervention group participants will receive the home-based DVD chair exercise program, which will include a DVD player, "Sit and Be Fit" DVD, schedule of exercise sessions, hand weights, exercise balls, resistance bands, exercise log, and satisfaction survey. Participants will be instructed to complete an assigned "Sit and Be Fit" exercise session once a day (sessions last approximately 30 minutes), five days a week (Monday-Friday) for 8 weeks. During the first 6 weeks, the intervention group will not have contact with the study team, unless to trouble-shoot the DVD or answer questions about exercise sessions. At the end of week 6, the intervention group will be contacted to schedule a post-assessment for the end of week 8, which will include repeating all health measures, except for health status.

BEHAVIORAL

Waitlist Control Group

At week 8, waitlist control group will receive the home-based DVD chair exercise program, which will include a DVD player, "Sit and Be Fit" DVD, schedule of exercise sessions, hand weights, exercise balls, resistance bands, exercise log, and satisfaction survey. The waitlist control group will complete a post-assessment at the end of week 8, which will include all health status measures, except health status. Waitlist control group will be instructed to complete an assigned "Sit and Be Fit" exercise session once a day (sessions last approximately 30 minutes), five days a week (Monday-Friday) for 8 weeks. Waitlist control group will not have contact with the study team, unless to trouble-shoot the DVD or answer questions about exercise sessions. At the end 14 weeks, waitlist control group will be contacted to schedule a final meeting, and to collect the adherence logs and satisfaction survey. At 16 weeks, the waitlist control group will not receive an additional post-assessment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karlene K Ball, PhD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-24
Primary Completion
2020-07-31
Completion
2022-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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