NCT04087343

Strength on Wheels: A Meal Delivery and Exercise Intervention for Homebound Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to implement a home-based exercise program, administered through Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston Meals on Wheels (MOWGH), and evaluate its effects on frailty status and nutritional markers in homebound older adults.

Conditions

• Frailty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Meals plus exercise	Patients will receive 12 weeks of meals on wheels meal delivery consisting of 3 meals per day during the weekdays with 6 frozen meals to cover the weekends.They will also receive an exercise kit on the first visit by the meal delivery driver with 2 tennis balls,2 1-pound hand weights, and one towel.Every week,the driver will give them 3 exercises from the National Institute on Aging's Go4Life Workout-to-Go book,1 exercise from each of 3 categories:strength/endurance, balance, and flexibility. They will be asked to do the 3 exercises every day.The meal delivery drivers will ask daily questions about physical activity and any potential injuries and the participants will be asked to track their own weekly exercise and physical activity as well as their monthly progress on a standardized log. All participants will also be asked to wear a fitness activity tracker which will monitor heart rate, activity level, and sleep habits for the duration of the study.
BEHAVIORAL	Meals only	Patients will receive 12 weeks of an enhanced meals on wheels (MOW) in-person meal delivery consisting of 3 meals per day (1 shelf-stable, 1 hot, and 1 frozen) during the weekdays (Monday through Friday) with 6 frozen meals at the end of the week to cover the weekends.The meal delivery drivers will ask daily questions about physical activity and any potential injuries and the participants will be asked to track their own weekly exercise and physical activity as well as their monthly progress on a standardized log. All participants will also be asked to wear a fitness activity tracker which will monitor heart rate, activity level, and sleep habits for the duration of the study.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-18
• Primary completion: 2020-01-10
• Completion: 2020-01-10
• First posted: 2019-09-12
• Last updated: 2023-02-08
• Results posted: 2021-07-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States