To compare the different cardiopulmonary and muscular fitness of community-dwelling older adults on healthy aging, and to identify the optimal cutoff points of their cardiopulmonary fitness and muscular fitness on targeting healthy aging.
At the end of the 20th century, the WHO began to promote the issue of healthy aging. From then on, the Taiwan government gradually attached importance to long-term care and devoted to developing community-based health promotion programs for the elderly. Currently, the programs commonly plan to proceed through the group exercise intervention, increasing physical activity to improve their physical fitness and also to prevent their functional disability. This study aims to compare the different cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular fitness of community-dwelling older adults on healthy aging, and figure out to what extent of cardiorespiratory fitness level and muscular fitness level may achieve healthy aging. The present healthy status of participants will be investigated by interviewing if having any disability or frail. Based on multidimensional model, the definition and measurement of healthy aging status include physiological, psychological and social function aspect. In this study, the health aging status is defined as non-frailty, independence in basic and instrumental activities of daily living, normal cognitive function, absent of depression status, good social relations and good environmental support.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
Group exercises including aerobic, resistance and stretching exercise. Once a week for 8-12 weeks.
Tsai, Mei-Wun
Taipei, Taiwan
Physiological health: non-frailty
SOF index (study of osteoporotic fracture index). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 3. Non-frailty is defined as the score less than 2 points.
Time frame: once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs
Physiological health: independence in basic activities of daily living
Katz ADL index (Katz index of independence in activities of daily living). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 6. Independence in basic ADL is defined as that score 0 point.
Time frame: once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs
Physiological health: independence in instrumental activities of daily living
Lawton IADL scale (Lawton scale of instrumental activities of daily living). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 8. Independence in IADL is defined as that score 0 point.
Time frame: once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs
Mental health: normal cognitive function
MoCA (Montreal cognitive assessment). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 30. Normal cognitive function is defined as score above 24.
Time frame: once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs
Mental health: absent of depression status
GDS-15 (short form geriatric depression scale). Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 15. Absent of depression status is defined as score less than 5.
Time frame: once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs
Social function: good social relations
WHOQOL-BREF (WHO Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire). Minimum value is 4 and maximum value is 20. Good social relations is defined as score above 15.
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Time frame: once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs
Social function: good environmental support
WHOQOL-BREF (WHO Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire). Minimum value is 4 and maximum value is 20. Good environment support is defined as score above 15.
Time frame: once follow up at 2-4 years after community-based health promotion programs