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Enhancing Well-Being Through Exercise During Old Age

NCT04536727 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2023-09-06

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Summary

Determine the feasibility of adapting Fit \& Strong!, an evidence-based group physical activity and health education program, to include affect and mood-related content and of employing this intervention among older adults with a range of depressive symptoms.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Fit & Strong!

The 8-week intervention will consist of the Fit \& Strong! program adapted to address the impact of exercise on enhancing positive affect and reducing negative affect and depressive symptoms. Exercise classes will meet three times per week for 90 minutes per session for eight weeks. Each class is divided into 60 minutes of strength training, flexibility, and cardiovascular exercise and 30 minutes of group education/discussion, which has been adapted to include affect-oriented content

BEHAVIORAL

Wait list

Participants randomized to the wait list group receive the 8-week Fit \& Strong! intervention after the intervention group has competed it and after the wait list group has provided their post-outcomes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-01
Primary Completion
2020-02-28
Completion
2020-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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