UMIN ID: UMIN000001488
Registered date:09/11/2008
A randomised controlled trial of exercise class for older persons with mild depression
Basic Information
| Recruitment status | |
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| Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied | Mild depression |
| Date of first enrollment | 2007/08/01 |
| Target sample size | 90 |
| Countries of recruitment | Japan |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Intervention(s) | low-intensity exercise class for 1 hour each week for 10 weeks being asked to spend normal lifes life review for 1 hour each week for 10 weeks |
Outcome(s)
| Primary Outcome | The 21-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) assessed by a psychiatrist in a blinded fashion at 10 weeks |
|---|---|
| Secondary Outcome | HAM-D assessment is performed for the intervention group 10 weeks and 6 months after the end of the exercise program |
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
| Age minimum | 60years-old |
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| Age maximum | 86years-old |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Include criteria | |
| Exclude criteria | Subjects are excluded if they express suicidal ideation. Other exclusion criteria are 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 |
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| Secondary Sponsor | Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology |
| Source(s) of Monetary Support | Japan |
| Secondary ID(s) | 19001 |
Contact
| public contact | |
| Name | Kazushige Ihara |
| Address | 5-21-16, Omorinishi, Otaku, Tokyo Japan |
| Telephone | 03-3762-4151(.2417) |
| ihara1@med.toho-u.ac.jp | |
| Affiliation | Toho University School of Medicine, Department of Social medicine Division of Public Health |
| scientific contact | |
| Name | Kazushige Ihara |
| Address | 5-21-16, Omorinishi, Otaku, Tokyo Japan |
| Telephone | 03-3762-4151(.2417) |
| Affiliation | Toho University School of Medicine, Department of Social medicine Division of Public Health |