Community Park-Based Programs for Health Promotion: Active Older Adults Prospective Cohort Study
This study is looking at how a park-based fitness program, called "Active Older Adults," affects the health of people aged 50 and older in Miami-Dade County. The program involves one-hour exercise sessions two or three times a week, either online or in person, focusing on aerobic exercise, strength, balance, and flexibility. Researchers want to see if participating in this program helps improve body mass index (BMI, a measure of body fat based on height and weight), blood pressure, and arm strength over 12 and 36 months. You can join if you are 50 years or older, live in Miami-Dade County, and are already enrolled in the Miami-Dade Active Older Adults study. The current status of this study is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an observational study looking at 1000 participants. It is not a randomized trial, meaning participants are not assigned to different groups by chance.
- What's involved
- Participants will attend one-hour exercise sessions two or three times per week. Measurements of height, weight, blood pressure, and arm strength will be taken at the beginning of the study, and again at 12 months and 36 months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 36 months after the start of the study.
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Community Park-Based Programs for Health Promotion: Active Older Adults Prospective Cohort Study
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Emily D'Agostino · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Duke University
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What this trial measures
- Change in Body mass index (height and weight)Baseline, 12 months, 36 months
- Change in blood pressureBaseline, 12 months, 36 months
- Change in arm strengthBaseline, 12 months, 36 months
Participant arm strength is measured as the total number of arm curls performed in 30 seconds. Participants are seated in a chair while holding a dumbbell or cuff weight (5lb for women and 8lb for men) wrapped around their right or left wrist (the left wrist is employed when the right wrist is impractical).
- Change in leg strengthBaseline, 12 months, 36 months
Leg strength is assessed as the number of chair stands a person could complete in 30 seconds. For one chair stand, participants get up from their seats (with assistance if necessary) and then sit back down.
- Change in mobilityBaseline, 12 months, 36 months
Mobility is measured as the time spent in an Eight-Foot-Up-and-Go test. Participants start seated in a chair, and are instructed to stand up, quickly circle a cone placed eight feet in front of the chair, and then sit back down in the chair. The stopwatch will start when the person fully stands up from the chair and stops when the person sits back down into the chair (recorded in seconds).