TY - JOUR
T1 - Intellectual disability, exercise and aging
T2 - The IDEA study: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
AU - Oviedo, Guillermo R.
AU - Javierre, Casimiro
AU - Font-Farré, Manel
AU - Tamulevicius, Nauris
AU - Carbó-Carreté, María
AU - Figueroa, Arturo
AU - Pérez-Testor, Susana
AU - Cabedo-Sanromá, Josep
AU - Moss, Sarah J.
AU - Massó-Ortigosa, Núria
AU - Guerra-Balic, Myriam
N1 - Funding Information:
The IDEA study is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness (I + D + i Ref: DEP2017–86862-C2–1-R) and by the Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya i la Universitat Ramon Llull (Ref: 2020-URL-Proj-046). The funders had and will not have a role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Funding Information:
The IDEA study is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness (I + D + i Ref: DEP2017-86862-C2-1-R) and by the Secretaria d'Universitats i Recerca del Departament d'Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya i la Universitat Ramon Llull (Ref: 2020-URLProj-046).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s).
PY - 2020/8/20
Y1 - 2020/8/20
N2 - Background: People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have low levels of physical activity (PA) together with accelerated aging profiles. Adherence to PA interventions for persons with ID is low based on barriers such as motivation. The IDEA study aims to determine the effect of two types of exercise programs, continuous aerobic (CAEP) vs sprint interval training (SIT), designed for seniors with ID on health-related physical fitness, cardiovascular parameters, quality of life (QoL), and emotional and cognitive function. Methods: In this trial, ninety seniors with ID between the ages of 40 and 75 yrs. from occupational health centers from the Autonomous Region of Catalonia (Spain) will be recruited. Participants will be randomly allocated to the CAEP, SIT, and control group. Both intervention groups will train 3 days/week, 1.5 h/day over 6 months. Outcome variables will be assessed at baseline, 6 months and 12 months. The outcome variables include weight, height, body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, balance, flexibility, cardiovascular parameters (blood pressure, pulse-wave velocity, pulse-wave analysis), QoL and cognitive function. The intervention effect will be determined with mixed models with repeated measures to assess changes in the outcome variables over time (baseline to month 12) and between study arms. Relationship between variables will be analyzed with appropriate regression analyses. Discussion: Various studies reported on CAEP and SIT as exercise interventions for persons with ID with beneficial outcomes on body composition, fitness and blood pressure. To our knowledge, this is the first trial designed to analyse the positive changes on fitness, PA levels, cardiovascular, QoL and cognitive function promoted by CAEP training and SIT in seniors with ID. The findings of this study will assist in the development of more effective exercise interventions to ensure better compliance and adherence to exercise in seniors with ID. Trial registration: The trial is registered at the ISRCTN registry. Registration number: ISRCTN43594228. Registered 11 February 2019 - Retrospectively registered.
AB - Background: People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have low levels of physical activity (PA) together with accelerated aging profiles. Adherence to PA interventions for persons with ID is low based on barriers such as motivation. The IDEA study aims to determine the effect of two types of exercise programs, continuous aerobic (CAEP) vs sprint interval training (SIT), designed for seniors with ID on health-related physical fitness, cardiovascular parameters, quality of life (QoL), and emotional and cognitive function. Methods: In this trial, ninety seniors with ID between the ages of 40 and 75 yrs. from occupational health centers from the Autonomous Region of Catalonia (Spain) will be recruited. Participants will be randomly allocated to the CAEP, SIT, and control group. Both intervention groups will train 3 days/week, 1.5 h/day over 6 months. Outcome variables will be assessed at baseline, 6 months and 12 months. The outcome variables include weight, height, body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, balance, flexibility, cardiovascular parameters (blood pressure, pulse-wave velocity, pulse-wave analysis), QoL and cognitive function. The intervention effect will be determined with mixed models with repeated measures to assess changes in the outcome variables over time (baseline to month 12) and between study arms. Relationship between variables will be analyzed with appropriate regression analyses. Discussion: Various studies reported on CAEP and SIT as exercise interventions for persons with ID with beneficial outcomes on body composition, fitness and blood pressure. To our knowledge, this is the first trial designed to analyse the positive changes on fitness, PA levels, cardiovascular, QoL and cognitive function promoted by CAEP training and SIT in seniors with ID. The findings of this study will assist in the development of more effective exercise interventions to ensure better compliance and adherence to exercise in seniors with ID. Trial registration: The trial is registered at the ISRCTN registry. Registration number: ISRCTN43594228. Registered 11 February 2019 - Retrospectively registered.
KW - Aging
KW - Arterial stiffness
KW - Exercise
KW - Health-related fitness
KW - Intellectual disability
KW - Quality of life
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089769737&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s12889-020-09353-6
DO - 10.1186/s12889-020-09353-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 32819350
AN - SCOPUS:85089769737
VL - 20
JO - BMC public health
JF - BMC public health
IS - 1
M1 - 1266
ER -
