A randomised controlled trial of weekly low-intensity exercise for older persons with mild depression

UMIN ID: UMIN000000887

Registered date:30/11/2007

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Mild depression
• Date of first enrollment: 2003/12/01
• Target sample size: 50
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

low-intensity exercise class for 1 hour each week for 8 weeks
being asked to spend normal lifes

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: The 21-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) assessed by a psychiatrist in a blinded fashion at 8 weeks
• Secondary Outcome: HAM-D assessment was performed for the intervention group 8 weeks after the end of the exercise program

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 70years-old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: Subjects were excluded if they expressed suicidal ideation or showed symptoms that met the ICD-10 criteria for moderate or severe depression. Other exclusion criteria were alcoholism, any psychiatric treatment, a score of 23 points or less on the Mini-Mental State Examination, and physical diseases that made exercise inappropriate.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Toho University School of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Division of Public Health
• Secondary Sponsor: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Japan Foundation for Aging and Health,Ushioda Health Clinic