The overall purpose of this research is to evaluate the effect of a home-based exercise program on physical function and to improve the health and quality of life for the HIV-infected older adult community.
Subjects are being asked to participate in this study if they are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and they are 45 years of age or older.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
74
Motivational Counseling: The first session will be an hour face-to-face interview to establish a rapport with subjects, assess motives and competence. The rest will be 30 min. phone calls to assess week's performance and agree on an action plan for next 2 weeks. Exercise Intervention: Using the average number of steps for each subject from their baseline assessment, the targeted number of steps the subject needs to walk every day will be calculated. The individualized strength training exercise will target the upper and lower body. If possible, they will be encouraged to progressively increase from their individual baseline sets and repetitions to a maximum of 4 sets of 15 repetitions for each exercise
University of Rochester/ Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, New York, United States
Change in Feasibility
To develop and establish the feasibility of home-exercise(HOME-EX)in HIV positive subjects as evaluated by measuring exercise adherence and acceptability, exercise intensity and adverse events. We hypothesize that HOME-EX is a feasible and safe intervention for HOA.
Time frame: At day zero of the study and after 12 weeks of intervension.
Change in Efficacy
To determine the potential efficacy of HOME-EX in HIV positive adults in improving physical function as evaluated by the physical performance test (PPT). We hypothesize that physical function will improve in the HOME-EX group compared to the CONTROL group.
Time frame: At day zero of the study and after 12 weeks of intervension.
Change in Autonomy
To determine the potential efficacy of HOME-EX in HIV positive on exercise-related psychological mediators as evaluated by the SDT-based questionnaires. We hypothesize that the HOME-EX group will report greater perceived autonomy support, more autonomous self-regulation, higher intrinsic motivation and perceived competence compared to the CONTROL group.
Time frame: At day zero of the study and after 12 weeks of intervension.
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