Generations on the Move (GIB-Study): Intergenerational Exercise and Health Promotion

NCT03739385 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2018-01123
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 117
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

During the past century, major demographic changes have occurred in Europe which primarily affect the older age groups. According to the Swiss federal office of statistics, the number of senior citizens has tripled (from 5.8% to 18.0%) while the number of young adults (younger than 20 years old) has decreased from 40.7% to 20.1%. There is evidence that with increasing age, physical activity and fitness level decreases. Additionally to lower physical activity, natural aging results in a decrease of muscle strength and a modulation of afferent and efferent reflex pathways due to a slowing down of neuromuscular performance. As a consequence, there are multiple consequences on general health, disease and injury rates in the older population such as a higher risk of sustaining fall injuries. An intergenerational approach combining balance and strength promotion appears to possess great potential for fall-prevention, for satisfying physical, social and behavioral need of children and seniors as well as reducing health care costs due to increased inactivity in both age groups. No studies have examined the effects of intergenerational exercise and health programs.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

Intergenerational; Exercise; Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of attended exercise sessions

  Primary outcome is adherence to the exercise intervention. Adherence corresponds to the total number of attended training sessions by each participant. Adherence will only be measured in the three intervention groups (intergenerational group, peer group seniors, peer group children).

  25 weeks intervention

Secondary Outcomes (18)

• Quality of Life, AQoL-8D Score

  1 Year (Pre- and post measurements)

• Independent Living

  1 Year (Pre- and post measurements)

• Mental Health

  1 Year (Pre- and post measurements)

• Fear of Falling

  1 Year (Pre- and post measurements)

• General Health

  1 Year (Pre- and post measurements)

Study Arms (5)

Intergenerational Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Pre-school children and residential seniors will receive two weekly exercise training sessions lasting 45 minutes each. All exercise training sessions are conducted by professional exercise coaches and are planned in a progressive and variable manner. The training sessions focus on balance and fundamental movement skills.

Other: Exercise Intervention

Peer Group Children

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Pre-school children will receive two weekly exercise training sessions lasting 45 minutes each. All exercise training sessions are conducted by professional exercise coaches and are planned in a progressive and variable manner. The training sessions focus on balance and fundamental movement skills.

Other: Exercise Intervention

Peer Group Seniors

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Residential seniors will receive two weekly exercise training sessions lasting 45 minutes each. All exercise training sessions are conducted by professional exercise coaches and are planned in a progressive and variable manner. The training sessions focus on balance and fundamental movement skills.

Other: Exercise Intervention

Control Group Children

NO INTERVENTION

Pre-School children will be assessed during pre-, post- and follow-up testing procedures but will receive no exercise intervention.

Control Group Seniors

NO INTERVENTION

Residential seniors will be assessed during pre-, post- and follow-up testing procedures but will receive no exercise intervention.

Interventions

Exercise Intervention OTHER

The training interventions of all three groups (intergenerational group, peer group seniors, peer group children) will occur under professional supervision twice a week lasting over a 25-week period with training sessions lasting 45 minutes each. Control groups (control group seniors, control group children) receive no intervention.

Intergenerational Group; Peer Group Children; Peer Group Seniors

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy seniors of at least 65 years of age.
• Healthy children in the 2 years of kindergarten between the ages of 4 and 7 are included.

You may not qualify if:

• Chronic and / or congenital heart failure
• Peripheral arterial occlusive diseases

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Basel: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel

Basel, Canton of Basel-City, 4052, Switzerland

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Oliver Faude, PD. Dr.

  Department of Sport, Exercise, and Health, University of Basel

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Henner Hanssen, Prof. Dr.

  Department of Sport, Exercise, and Health, University of Basel

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: The study is designed as a five-armed, cluster-randomized controlled trial with a 25-week (distributed over a school year) physical exercise training intervention. After preliminary assessment (written consent, questionnaires, personal data) the institutions with their participants will be randomly assigned to either the intergenerational group (INT), the two peer-groups PGS (peer group seniors) and PGC (peer group children) or the two control groups CONS (control group seniors) or CONC (control group children). Measurements of psychological wellbeing and physical health will occur on two occasions in all five groups: before intervention start (M1) and after the intervention period (M2).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 11, 2018
• First Posted: November 13, 2018
• Study Start: November 10, 2018
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2019
• Study Completion: November 3, 2020
• Last Updated: November 9, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CH (1)