Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:33 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:33 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00116194
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Men and women ages 70 to 89
* Residency in the area for at least 9 months in the next year
* Summary score of under 10 on the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) physical performance battery; ability to complete the 400 m walk test within 15 minutes without sitting and without the use of an assistive device (including a cane) or the help of another person
* Able to understand and perform the required study procedures; no diagnosis of dementia
* Sedentary lifestyle, i.e., has spent less than 20 minutes per week in the past month getting regular physical activity
* Willing to give informed consent, willing to be randomized to either intervention, and to follow the protocol for the group to which they have been assigned
* Successful completion of the behavioral run-in
Exclusion Criteria:
* Potential difficulty adhering to either intervention
* Unable or unwilling to give informed consent or accept randomization
* Participation may be unsafe
* Serious health conditions that would interfere with the intervention goals
* Already physically active to a degree that the adoption of an activity program would be of little additional benefit
* Self-reported inability to walk two blocks
* Use of walker or assistive device to complete the 400 m walk
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
70 Years
Maximum Age:
89 Years
Study:
NCT00116194
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00116194