NCT00149747

The Effectiveness of Regular Exercise on Improving Sleep in Older Adults

Promoting Exercise, Sleep and Well-Being in Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (actual)
• Sponsor: Stanford University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will evaluate the effect of regular aerobic exercise on improving sleep in older adults with moderate difficulty sleeping.

Detailed description

Sleep deprivation is a common problem among older adults. It is often at the root of increased mortality and some psychiatric disorders. Regular participation in a medium-intensity exercise regimen may help people sleep better. This study will assess the effectiveness of a regular exercise program on improving sleep in older adults with moderate difficulty sleeping. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions. One group will partake in a moderate-intensity physical activity training regimen. The other group will act as a non-exercise attention-control comparison group. Each group will undergo its assigned treatment for 12 months. Sleep quantity and quality will be measured objectively using in-home polysomnography. Subjective sleep quality and health-related quality of life measures will be evaluated with questionnaires. All measurements will be performed at the beginning of the study, Month 6, and Month 12.

Conditions

• Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
• Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Physical Activity	Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Physical Activity. 4+ days per week, 60+ minutes per day, moderate or greater intensity physical activity
BEHAVIORAL	Health Education Class	2 classes a week, 90+minutes per class, general health education, excluding information on physical activity

Timeline

• Start date: 1999-08-01
• Primary completion: 2003-09-01
• Completion: 2003-09-01
• First posted: 2005-09-08
• Last updated: 2016-05-24
• Results posted: 2014-05-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States