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Health Effects of a Walking Program in a High-Quality Tourism Environment for Older Women

NCT07477262 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2026-03-17

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Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effect of environmental context on the health benefits of a standardized walking program in sedentary, overweight older women (aged ≥60 years, BMI ≥24.0 kg/m²) . The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does exercising in a high-quality natural tourism environment (Yangshuo) lead to greater improvements in body composition (e.g., body fat percentage) compared to exercising in a conventional institutional setting?

Does this environment lead to greater improvements in psychological well-being (e.g., depressive symptoms, sleep quality) than the conventional setting?

Researchers will compare a group that walks in the Yangshuo landscape to a group that performs the same walking regimen in a nursing home setting to see if the natural environment amplifies the health benefits of the exercise.

Participants in both groups will take part in a supervised, 10-week walking program (5 days/week, 60 mins/session). All participants will have their physiological (e.g., weight, body fat, strength) and psychological (e.g., mood, sleep, quality of life) health measured before and after the program.

Conditions

  • Overweight , Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Walking Program in Natural Tourism Environment

A 10-week supervised walking program conducted in the high-quality natural tourism environment of Yangshuo. Participants are accommodated in a local homestay with direct views of the iconic karst mountains. Walking sessions are conducted on pre-selected, scenic, low-traffic riverside paths. The program consists of group walking 5 days/week, 60 mins/session, at a target intensity of 60-70% heart rate reserve, objectively monitored using Polar H10 chest-worn heart rate sensors.

BEHAVIORAL

Walking Program in Conventional Institutional Environment

A 10-week supervised walking program conducted in a standard institutional setting. Participants reside in a local nursing home with views of institutional buildings or internal courtyards. Walking sessions are conducted on pre-measured, paved urban streets surrounding the nursing home. The program consists of group walking 5 days/week, 60 mins/session, at a target intensity of 60-70% heart rate reserve, objectively monitored using Polar H10 chest-worn heart rate sensors to match the exercise dose with the experimental group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yu-fan Li

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • yu-fan Li · Guilin Tourism University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-05-25
Primary Completion
2024-10-15
Completion
2024-12-20

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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