Journal
NUTRIENTS
Volume 14, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu14235147
Keywords
reproducibility; Real-Life; frailty; clinical trial; adherence; health-span
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This study compared a Real-Life exercise intervention with a previously reported Clinical Trial and found that the Real-Life intervention led to higher improvements in functional parameters, dietary habits, emotional and social networking outcomes in older adults. It also resulted in a significant reduction in falls and visits to healthcare centers. Implementing Real-Life exercise interventions is crucial for improving the health-span of the older population.
Most of the studies on physical exercise in older adults have been conducted through randomized clinical trials performed under tight experimental conditions. Data regarding Real-Life physical exercise intervention programs in older adults with different conditions and in different settings, are lacking. This is an interventional, prospective and pragmatic Real-Life study in which fifty sedentary and frail individuals were enrolled. We aimed at determining if a Real-Life exercise intervention outweighs previously reported improvements in a Clinical Trial (NCT02331459). We found higher improvements in the Real-Life exercise intervention vs. the Clinical Trial in functional parameters, such as Fried's frailty criteria, Tinetti, Barthel and Lawton & Brody scales. Similar results were found in the dietary habits, emotional and social networking outcomes determined through the Short-MNA, Yesavage, EuroQol and Duke scales. The Real-Life intervention led to a significant reduction in the number of falls, visits to the primary care centers and emergency visits when compared to the results of our previously published Clinical Trial. The implementation of a Real-Life exercise intervention is feasible and should be a major priority to improve health-span in the older population.
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