Status:
COMPLETED
Stand if You Can: A Standing Intervention in Long Term Care
Lead Sponsor:
University of New Brunswick
Collaborating Sponsors:
Horizon Health Network
St. Thomas University
Conditions:
Frailty
Sedentary Behavior
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
It is currently unknown if reducing sitting time, an activity that is highly prevalent in frail older adults living in long term care (LTC) facilities, is associated with an improvement in physical ca...
Detailed Description
LTC facilities from Moncton and Fredericton will be recruited, with half of the LTC facilities randomized as the intervention and half as the control group. The investigators are aiming to enrol half ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Resident at one of the selected LTC facilities;
- Able to provide consent or have a power of attorney agree on behalf of a resident to participate in the study;
- Able to walk for ten meters, with or without a walking aid; The main outcome is walking speed performed for a distance of 10 meters. Therefore, we want everyone who participates in the study to be able to complete the test at baseline. This way we can answer the main research question, while adhering to our sample size calculation.
Exclusion
- If Identified by staff at the facility as too high risk for falling by participating in the intervention.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 15 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
97 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03796039
Start Date
April 1 2019
End Date
July 15 2020
Last Update
June 27 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Pine Grove Nursing Home
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, E3B 2J2