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| Name | Class |
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| Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. | OTHER_GOV |
| Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho | OTHER |
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The primary objective of this research is to compare the effects of a 12-week CircleCare on physical functioning of family caregivers of the elderly with AD. Effects on cognition, psychosocial and frailty-related aspects (secondary objective). The acute effect of one circle dance session on mood states (tertiary objective). This randomized controlled trial will involve 40 family caregivers over 50 years old allocated into a control group or an intervention group of 12-weeks (twice a week, 60 min per session) of CircleCare. Primary outcomes will include balance, speed of gait, lower limb muscle strength, functional mobility and risk of falls. Secondary outcomes will include cognition, burden, stress, depression, quality of life and frailty. Mood states will be a tertiary outcome. The effects of CircleCare will be verified with an ANOVA two-way test and a multiple comparison test when necessary. The analyzes will follow an intention-to-treat approach. The change in moods will be evaluated by the paired t-test. The level of significance will be set at p<0.05. This study may guide professionals and health policymakers in deciding whether to implement this type of intervention. If positive effects are demonstrated, this program can be offered in public health services to other groups, given its low cost.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Circle Dance Program (CircleCare) | Experimental | Caregivers (n=20) allocated to the experimental group will participate in 12-week CircleCare twice a week (24 sessions), for 60 min each session. The planning and conduction of the intervention will be the responsibility of the researcher, a Fitness Professional with training in Circle Dance, called focalizer. |
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| Control group | No Intervention | Caregivers (n=20) of this group will not receive the intervention, participating only in the assessment protocol. They will be instructed not to initiate any regular exercise program during the study period. At the end of the study, the same CircleCare applied to the experimental group will be offered to the interested of the control group. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Circle Dance Program (CircleCare) | Other | Circle Dances derives from folk dances, but their current repertoire encompasses traditional and contemporary dances from diverse nations and cultures around the world. Most of the choreographies are danced with the participants placed in a circle, holding hands, repeating a pattern of steps to the rhythm of the music. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Brazilian Version of the Short Physical Performance Battery | Battery tests that evaluate the static balance; the speed of gait and lower limb muscle strength. Each test ranges from zero to four points, and the total score is obtained by summing the score of each test, ranging from zero to 12 points. The result can receive the following graduation: 0 to 3 points: incapacity or very poor performance; 4 to 6 points: low performance; 7 to 9 points: moderate performance; 10 to 12 points: good performance. | Baseline and 12 weeks after randomization. |
| Timed Up and Go Test | Test that evaluates the basic functional mobility through the time spent to get up from a chair with arms, walk 3 meters and return to the chair, as well as the number of steps required to perform the activity. The shorter the time to perform the task, the better the mobility index. The 12.47 second cutoff point will be used as an indicator of the risk of falls. | Baseline and 12 weeks after randomization. |
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| Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R) | Portuguese version of the Instrument that evaluates the global cognitive function through individual tests of orientation and attention (18 points), memory (26 points), verbal fluency (14 points), language (26 points) and spatial visibility skills (16 points). The overall score ranges from zero to 100 points. | Baseline and 12 weeks after randomization |
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| Illustrated and Reduced Mood States List (MSL-IR) | Scale that evaluates the intensity of positive and negative moods represented by 14 "smile" faces. | After randomization, at the beginning and end of the first CircleCare session. |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Julimara G Santos, PhD Student | Contact | +5533991132227 | julimaraefi@yahoo.com.br |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Julimara Gomes dos Santos | Recruiting | São Carlos | São Paulo | 13566-544 | Brazil |
At the end of the study, caregivers will be individually informed about their performance in the assessments, but your personal data will not be shared with others, respecting your privacy and anonymity. However, the analyzed results will be published in papers, reported in congresses and special interest groups such as groups of Alzheimer's caregivers and health units interested in implementing the circle dances as a health promotion activity.
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| ID | Term |
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| D009043 | Motor Activity |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
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The assessors will be blind to groups allocation (experimental and control group).
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| Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) | An instrument that evaluates the physical, psychological and social impact of the task of caring for a patient with mental illness. The scale is composed of 22 questions, whose scores can range from 0 to 88 points. A score below 21 points is classified as no burden; of 21 and 40 points indicate a moderate burden; between 41 to 60, moderate to severe burden and ≥ 61 points, a severe burden. | Baseline and 12 weeks after randomization |
| Brazilian Perceived Stress Scale (BPSS-10) | PSS-10 is used to assess the level of stress perceived by older adults in the last month. The final score ranges from 0 to 40, with higher scores denoting a greater degree of perceived stress. | Baseline and 12 weeks after randomization |
| Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) | Scale composed of 15 negative/affirmative questions that evaluate the presence of depressive symptoms in the elderly. Scores higher than 5 points indicate the risk of depression. | Baseline and 12 weeks after randomization |
| Quality of Life Scale in Alzheimer's disease (QoL-AD - caregiver's version) | Scale structured in three versions that relate to the quality of life of the elderly, careAn instrument adapted, translated and validated for the Brazilian culture to assess the quality of life of caregivers and elderly with AD. In this version the caregiver to assess his/her own quality of life. The score ranges from 13 to 52 points and the lower the score worse is the quality of life. | Baseline and 12 weeks after randomization |
| Frailty Phenotype | A battery of tests proposed by Fried et al. (2001) that asses unintentional weight loss (10 lbs in the past year), self-reported exhaustion, weakness (grip strength), slow walking speed, and low physical activity. Participants with three or more criteria will be classified as frail. Those with one or two criteria, pre-frail. "No frail" will correspond to the absence of these criteria. | Baseline and 12 weeks after randomization |