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Effects of the Buddy-Up Dyadic Physical Activity Program on Health Outcomes of Care Dyads of Dementia: A Pilot Study

NCT04913818 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2023-11-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project seeks to develop a novel dyadic intervention (titled as Buddy-Up Dyadic Physical Activity; BUDPA), using exercise as the common treatment component to improve the cognitive outcomes of persons with dementia and manage the stress-related symptoms of their family caregivers.

Conditions

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

BUDPA Program

The overall program includes 12 weekly 1-hour training class. Each session starts with a 10-minute warm-up period using stretching exercise and stationary mobilizing exercise for trunk and limb joints at both upper and lower bodies (e.g. shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles), and followed by a session of four to six selected partnering exercise, with duration increase gradually from 20 minutes to 40minutes in four weeks' time. The Borg Rate of Perceived Exertion (Borg RPE) will be used to monitor the exercise intensity. The Research assistant will explain the Borg RPE scale to the subjects and instruct them to speed up or slow down their movements. The training session will end with a 10-minute cool down session with walking exercise and stationary trunk and limb mobilizing exercise involving joints of shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles.

OTHER

Control arm (Usual care)

Active Comparator: Usual Care Activities will be provided by the elderly community center such as dementia or caregiver supporting service. They will be allowed to use the regular service provided such services are not related to physical activity or exercise training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Doris, Sau Fung YU, PhD · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-06-05
Primary Completion
2022-02-28
Completion
2022-02-28

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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