Seated Physical Activity in Ageing

University of Birmingham30 enrolled

Overview

This trial will take the form of a feasibility study; designed to assess the feasibility of a proposed future clinical trial in this setting. This proposed future clinical trial is proposed to assess the impact of physical activity, in the form of specialised chair based physical activity interventions, on the physiological, psychological, cognitive, social and emotional health, and functional capacity of geriatric populations with pre-existing frailty within a clinical hospital ward setting; recognising health as a holistic concept incorporating a multitude of inter-related dimensions. This feasibility study is single-centre (taking place in the Harborne Ward of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Frail Elderly Syndrome Frailty Physical Activity

Interventions

Exercise Intervention 1: Move It Or Lose It (MIOLI)OTHER

An established chair-based physical activity programme for older adults.

Exercise Intervention 2: Machine-based resistance training interventionOTHER

Specialised, chair-based, pneumatic resistance training equipment for older adults.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Temporary residents within the Harborne 'living lab' ward of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom * ≥ 65 years of age * Frail according to the Fried Frailty criteria: meeting at least three of the five characteristics of frailty (Fried et al. 2001) * Have the capacity to speak and read in English * Anticipated by their care team to remain on the ward for approximately 14 days post enrolment into the study. This will be advised by the patient's care team. Exclusion Criteria: * Currently taking part in any other clinical trial which could potentially have an impact upon or influences the findings of the current study * Currently terminally ill with life expectancy which is less than the duration of the study's interventions * Severe sensory impairment which would profoundly impact on their capacity to undergo the interventions, even once appropriate adaptations have been made.

Locations (1)

Harborne Ward, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Feasibility

The primary dependent variable of this feasibility study will relate to the eight primary areas of focus of feasibility studies (Bowen et al. 2009), relating to: * Acceptability * Demand * Implementation * Practicality * Adaptation * Integration * Expansion and * Limited-efficacy testing These eight aforementioned areas (constituting the one variable of feasibility) will serve as the primary dependent variable for this study, in order to establish the feasibility of a proposed future clinical trial within this setting. The dependent variable of feasibility will be assessed through semi-structured interviews with participants post intervention, while focus groups will be utilised with both the intervention implementers and study support staff in order to assess the primary dependent variable of the study. Participant uptake and adherence records will also be employed throughout.

Time frame: Post-Intervention (2 weeks)