Clinical trials: Community-dwelling Elderly
Vision, Balance and Falls in Older Adults
Can Entertaining Action-video Games Enhance Dynamic Visual Function and Improve Balance? A Randomized Controlled Trial.
This project is aimed to find out whether action video games can enhance dynamic visual function and improve balance function in the community-dwelling older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02252874
- Testing
- Slow-paced action video game, Fast-paced action video game, Control
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Oral Hypofunction
Program of Community Oral Function Enhancement
The purpose of this study examined the effects of oral exercise on oral function among older adults in Taiwan, focusing on gender-related outcome differences.
- Trial name
- NCT06794814
- Testing
- oral exercise
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Oral Health Knowledge, Oral Health Attitudes
Oral Health Promotion Mediated by Teledentistry in Community-dwelling Older Adults of La Araucanía Region, Chile
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to compare the knowledge, attitudes, and oral health self-efficacy in self-sufficient elders aged over 60 years of 4 cities of La Araucanía región, Chile.
- Conditions
- Oral Health Knowledge, Oral Health Attitudes, Oral Health Self-efficacy
- Trial name
- NCT05917548
- Testing
- Teledentistry oral health promotion, Face-to-Face oral health promotion
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fernanda Muñoz Sepúlveda
Community Dwelling
Effectiveness of Basic Life Support Training for Rural Community Dwelling Elderly
The goal of this pre-post study is to test the effectiveness of basic life support (BLS) training for rural community-dwelling Elderly.
- Trial name
- NCT05814120
- Testing
- BLS training program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 218 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Death
Risk Evaluation for Support: Predicting Elder Life in the Community Tool (RESPECT)
To develop a mortality risk prediction model that can be applied to the wide spectrum of risks that are seen in the home care setting.
- Trial name
- RESPECT (NCT02779309)
- Testing
- Home Care/RAI-HC Assessment
- Volunteers
- 486,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Frailty Syndrome, Pre-frail Older Adults
Targeted Physical Function Exercises on Frailty and Falls Management in Pre-Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults
The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of targeted physical function exercises on frailty and falls in community-dwelling adults over 65 years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT06731712
- Testing
- Physical Function Exercises
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hellenic Mediterranean University
Aging
The Effect of NAD Supplementation on Brain Vascular Health in Aging
Daily consumption of one of the forms of Vitamin B3, the Nicotinamide Riboside (NR), energizes the body and combats cellular aging. This study is designed to test whether NR can also improve brain health and memory.
- Trial name
- NCT05483465
- Testing
- Nicotinamide riboside
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 214 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Healthy
Effects of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Cognitive Function in Community Dwelling Older Adults
Ireland is predicted to have the highest older adult population growth of any European Union country. A substantial economic and social challenge of this projected growth is the increased incidence of cognitive impairment and the…
- Trial name
- NCT02804841
- Testing
- Cholecalciferol -Vitamin D3
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Dublin, Trinity College
Accidental Falls
Training Improves Balance Control
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a group-based functional and specific balance training program on balance function in healthy older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT01547988
- Testing
- Balance Training Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Accidental Fall, Fall Injury
Effect of Rhythm-based Multitask Training on Falls Among Older Adults
In this assessor-blinded, randomized, controlled trial our primary aim is to quantify the effects of a six-month rhythm-based multitask training (RYMA) intervention on fall rates collected over 12 months, compared to continuation…
- Trial name
- RYMA (NCT04620421)
- Testing
- Rhythm-based Multitask Training
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University Hospital
Geriatric Population
Effects of Board Games on Balance in Association With Cognition in Community-Dwelling Elderly.
As age progress incidence of fall increases. Cognitively impaired patients have poor balance and they are more prone to falls. Balance and cognitive functions are co-related in middle-aged and community-dwelling elderly.
- Trial name
- NCT06047769
- Testing
- Board Games
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Obesity, Childhood, Malnutrition
Physical Activity and the Home Environment in Preschool-aged Children in Urban Bangladesh
The overall goal of this study is to generate new knowledge regarding the nutritional and environmental determinants of physical activity in young children living in a densely populated urban community in Bangladesh.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Malnutrition, Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT04628897
- Testing
- Exposures
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Exercise Addiction, Sleep Disorder
The Effects of Exercise Training in Community-dwelling Elderly With Sleep Disturbances With Follow-up
This study will explore the long-term effects of exercise training on body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, and energy metabolism in the community-dwelling elderly with sleep disturbances
- Trial name
- NCT03005990
- Testing
- Exercise training group
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Protein-Energy Malnutrition, Physical Disability
The (Cost)Effectiveness of Increasing Protein Intake on Physical Funtioning in Older Adults
In this RCT with the duration of 6 months among 264 community-dwelling older adults (65+ years) with habitual low protein intake, the investigators will examine the long term (cost) effectiveness of increasing daily protein…
- Trial name
- NCT03712306
- Testing
- Dietary advice, Dietary advice and advice on timing
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland, Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 276 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VU University of Amsterdam
Resilience, Psychological, Older Adults (60 - 85 Years Old)
Resilience-Building Intervention for Older Informal Caregivers
The goal of this pilot study is to test whether a newly developed resilience-building program is feasible and acceptable for older adults who provide unpaid care to people with functional impairment in the community.
- Conditions
- Resilience, Psychological, Older Adults (60 - 85 Years Old), Community Dwelling, Informal Caregiver
- Trial name
- NCT07712744
- Testing
- Multicomponent Resilience-building Program, AI Chatbot and Telephone Follow-up Group
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Exercise, Gait
Rhythmically Entrained Exercise in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro conduct a single-arm intervention trial to investigate the efficacy of a music-based group exercise program for community-dwelling older adults.
- Conditions
- Exercise, Gait, Cognitive Decline, Caregiver Burden
- Trial name
- REECO (NCT05462977)
- Testing
- Group exercise program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Healthy, Older Adults
Group-Based Exercise Intervention to Prevent Cognitive and Motor Decline
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of the Ideomotor Program in healthy older adults living in the community.
- Trial name
- NCT07494149
- Testing
- Ideomotor, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bergamo
Depression
Village-based Intervention for Late-life Depression
Investigators aimed to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of a village-based multilevel intervention for late-life depression.
- Trial name
- NCT04013165
- Testing
- Active control, Village-based intervention
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Malnutrition; Protein, Protein Malnutrition
Increase Protein Intake of Older Meal Service Clients With Readymade Protein-rich Meals and Foods
Rationale: Undernutrition risk among community-dwelling older adults in developed countries is shown to be around 24%. Increasing protein intake is a strategy that is feasible as well as efficacious to reduce undernutrition in…
- Trial name
- ConsuMEER (NCT03032237)
- Testing
- Nutritional intervention - protein-rich, Nutritional intervention - standard
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HAN University of Applied Sciences
Frailty, Functional Decline
Exercise and Gezaixi Interventions on Community-Dwelling Older Adults
This interventional study evaluates a 12-week, once-weekly group exercise program combining 60 minutes of progressive strength training and 60 minutes of Taiwanese opera-based activities for community-dwelling adults aged ≥65 in…
- Conditions
- Frailty, Functional Decline, Community-Dwelling Older Adults
- Trial name
- NCT07302568
- Testing
- Strength Training plus Taiwanese Opera-based Activities
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences