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Tai Chi and Wellness Education for Older Veterans

NCT03624868 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2025-04-03

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Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to examine physical fitness, PTSD, and satisfaction with a Tai Chi intervention for older (aged 60 and older), sedentary, trauma-exposed veterans, in comparison to a wellness education attention control. Secondary outcomes include physical activity, depression, well-being, late-onset stress, functional status, cognition, and exercise self-efficacy. Outcomes will be examined pre- to post-intervention and in comparison to the control condition.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity
  • PTSD
  • Satisfaction

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi

See above description

BEHAVIORAL

Wellness Education

See above description

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston University

    collaborator OTHER

  • VA Boston Healthcare System

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Anica Pless Kaiser, PhD · VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-29
Primary Completion
2022-01-29
Completion
2022-04-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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