N/A
Completed N=97
Stand if You Can: A Standing Intervention in Long Term Care
Frailty · Sedentary behavior · Physical Disability
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03796039 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
97
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2021
Primary outcomePrimary: Changes in Walking Speed — 0.34; 0.43; 0.35; 0.40 m/s
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 capacity such as walking speed. Simple tasks such as walking speed is associated with important outcomes for residents in LTC such as autonomy and hospitalization. The investigators hypothesize that standing an additional 100 minutes per week for 5 months will result in a clinically meaningful improvement in walking speed (0.1m/sec) in LTC residents compared to residents receiving a sitting social activity.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Changes in Walking Speed |
0.34; 0.43; 0.35; 0.40 | — |
| SECONDARY Change in Balance |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Change in Leg Strength |
9.48; 7.87; 9.15; 7.28 | — |
| SECONDARY Change Lower Limb Power |
0.74; 0.89; 0.71; 1.1 | — |
| SECONDARY Change in Anxiety Symptoms |
6.1; 6.6; 6.7; 6.6 | — |
| SECONDARY Depression |
5.1; 4.9; 5.5; 4.5 | — |
| SECONDARY Loneliness |
42.3; 39.7; 38.7; 33.8 | — |
| SECONDARY Fall Efficacy |
36.7; 31.0; 41.3; 39.0 | — |
| SECONDARY Rate of Falls |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Metabolic Profile - Triglycerides |
1.79; 1.21; 1.48; 1.47 | — |
| SECONDARY Social Behaviours |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Metabolic Profile - High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
1.37; 1.33; 1.27; 1.17 | — |
| SECONDARY Metabolic Profile - Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
2.40; 2.91; 2.19; 2.72 | — |
| SECONDARY Metabolic Profile - Blood Glucose |
5.96; 5.43; 6.08; 5.47 | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- 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 Criteria
- If Identified by staff at the facility as too high risk for falling by participating in the intervention.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03796039). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.