Comparing 3 approaches for aging
Official title: Personalized Exercises Program Prescription to Prevent Functional Decline Throughout Older Adults Hospitalization
Prevention of the Functional Decline Throughout Hospitalization Among Older Adults by Using a Systematic Process for Prescribing Personalized, Evidence-based Exercises Via the Implementation of the Tool PATH 2.0
- 4 groups
- One site, in Montreal
- Recruiting
Interventions
- Other intervention
MATCH
In the first days of hospitalization, the physiotherapist determines the score linked to the patient's mobility profile using of a decisional tree. The PA program has 2 or 3 exercises to be done with or without supervision 3 times per week day during hospitalization. These daily exercises are prescribed by the doctor and taught by the physiotherapist.
- Other intervention
PATH
In the days prior to discharge, the physiotherapist determines the patient's mobility profile using the decisional tree. When returning home after hospitalization, each PA program includes a daily walk as well as 3 or 4 exercises that can be completed in a 12 to 20 minutes timeframe. These daily exercises are prescribed by the doctor and taught by the physiotherapist in 2 sessions.
- Other intervention
PATH 2.0
In the first days of hospitalization, the physiotherapist determines the score linked to the patient's mobility profile using of a decisional tree. The PA program has 2 or 3 exercises to be done with or without supervision 3 times per week day during hospitalization. These daily exercises are prescribed by the doctor and taught by the physiotherapist. In the days prior to discharge, the physiotherapist determines the patient's mobility profile using the decisional tree. When returning home after hospitalization, each PA program includes a daily walk as well as 3 or 4 exercises that can completed in a 12 to 20 minutes timeframe. These daily exercises are prescribed by the doctor and taught by the physiotherapist in 2 sessions.
Canadian Sites (1)
1 of 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Geriatric Units
Montreal, Quebec
Eligibility Criteria
See who this study is looking for5 criteria
The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.
Inclusion
- +be aged 65 and over,
- +planned discharge to home
- +Presence of self-criticism
- +No PA contraindication
- +And ability to speak and understand French and/or English
In plain language
Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.
What this study is
This study is testing a treatment for a condition.
This study is not organised into the usual phase numbers — that is common for device, behavioural, and diagnostic research.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- designModule.designInfo.primaryPurpose
- designModule.phases
Who receives what
There are 4 groups in this study.
Group A receives PATH.
Registry label: A: Group 1
Group B receives PATH 2.0.
Registry label: B: Group 2
Group C receives MATCH.
Registry label: C: Group 3
Group D receives no study treatment and is followed for comparison.
Registry label: D: Group 4
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].label
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
How the study is run
Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.
This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- designModule.designInfo.allocation
- designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?
This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.
One group receives no study treatment at all, and is followed for comparison.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
Who the study is looking for
The study lists a minimum age of 65 years, with no upper limit given.
The study is open to people of any sex.
The study does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.
These are the criteria the study lists. Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.sex
- eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How big and how long
The study aims to enrol about 400 people.
The study is currently expected to finish around December 2026.
The main measurement is taken over: Up to 36 weeks.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
- statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
What the study measures
Changes in short physical performance battery (SPPB) after intervention — measured over Up to 36 weeks.
Changes in muscle strength after intervention (upper muscle strength : handgrip strength, lower limb strength: sit to stand-30sec) — measured over Up to 36 weeks.
Changes in walking after intervention (Walking speed :4 m habitual gait speed and walking parameter : 3 meter timed up and go) — measured over Up to 36 weeks.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].measure
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
Source: NCT04078334 on ClinicalTrials.gov. The full registry text is further down this page — this summary never replaces it.
Not medical advice. What do these terms mean?
What is being tested — in plain terms
About MATCHOther
In the first days of hospitalization, the physiotherapist determines the score linked to the patient's mobility profile using of a decisional tree. The PA program has 2 or 3 exercises to be done with or without supervision 3 times per week day during hospitalization. These daily exercises are prescribed by the doctor and taught by the physiotherapist.
From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.
What a other is here: An intervention the registry did not place in another category.
Read the full explanation → · in clinical review
About PATHOther
In the days prior to discharge, the physiotherapist determines the patient's mobility profile using the decisional tree. When returning home after hospitalization, each PA program includes a daily walk as well as 3 or 4 exercises that can be completed in a 12 to 20 minutes timeframe. These daily exercises are prescribed by the doctor and taught by the physiotherapist in 2 sessions.
From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.
What a other is here: An intervention the registry did not place in another category.
Read the full explanation → · in clinical review
About PATH 2.0Other
In the first days of hospitalization, the physiotherapist determines the score linked to the patient's mobility profile using of a decisional tree. The PA program has 2 or 3 exercises to be done with or without supervision 3 times per week day during hospitalization. These daily exercises are prescribed by the doctor and taught by the physiotherapist. In the days prior to discharge, the physiotherapist determines the patient's mobility profile using the decisional tree. When returning home after hospitalization, each PA program includes a daily walk as well as 3 or 4 exercises that can completed in a 12 to 20 minutes timeframe. These daily exercises are prescribed by the doctor and taught by the physiotherapist in 2 sessions.
From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.
What a other is here: An intervention the registry did not place in another category.
Read the full explanation → · in clinical review
Common questions
Answered from this trial’s registry record. Where the record doesn’t say, these answers say so rather than filling the gap.
Am I eligible for this trial?
Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part. Concord cannot make that determination, and neither can any tool that has not examined you.
What the study lists: a minimum age of 65 years.
The full inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → and exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → are published on this page, exactly as the study team wrote them.
The useful next step is to bring this trial to your doctor. Answering a few questions first gives them something concrete to review.
From the trial registry
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?
This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.
One group receives no study treatment and is followed for comparison.
From the trial registry
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?
This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.
Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.
From the trial registry
- designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
- designModule.designInfo.allocation
Who can join?
The study lists a minimum age of 65 years, with no upper limit given.
It is open to people of any sex.
It does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.
Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can confirm whether a particular person can take part.
From the trial registry
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.sex
- eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?
The study's main measurement is taken over: Up to 36 weeks.
The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2026-12.
How long any one person takes part can differ from the study length. The study team can tell you what the schedule looks like in practice.
From the trial registry
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
- statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
How many people are taking part?
The study aims to enrol about 400 people.
From the trial registry
- designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?
This study lists one location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Sites can open and close during a study, so confirm with the team before travelling.
From the trial registry
- trial_locations
About This Trial
Bed rest related to hospitalization contributes to the physical decline in capacities of the elderly, the loss of autonomy accelerated in post-hospitalization and the prevalence of the iatrogenic functional decline is about 20 to 50% for the elderly after an hospitalization. Mobilization through physical activity (PA) programs is strongly suggested to counter this phenomenon, but it is not part of the routine clinical hospital practices.The consequences are the functional incapacities, the mobility loss, the re-hospitalization falls and the important use of the health care and health services. In this regard, the Ministry of Health and Social Services adopted in 2011 a framework making mandatory the set up of interventions to prevent the functional decline of hospitalized elderly in every hospital centres in Quebec. The Geriatric Units (GU) admit elderly around 80 years old that present complex health problems. The scientific literature presents effective mobilisation programs to ensure the maintenance of functional capacities and the mobility of frail elderly. However, even with this knowledge, the prescription of physical exercises by the GU does not seem to be integrated in a natural and systematic way by in the professional practices. Our research team would like to implant the clinical tools : MATCH, PATH and PATH 2.0 that is a unique process of systematic prescriptions of physical activity during hospitalization (MATCH), at discharge (PATH) and during hospitalization and at discharge (PATH 2.0) in the GU, adapted to the profile of these patients. The objective of this project is to evaluate the implementation of the clinical tools MATCH, PATH and PATH 2.0 in different GU and to evaluate the tools efficiency and estimate the benefits-cost ratio on the use of post-hospitalization health services. Finally, the conclusions would help us refine the procedures to use in the short and medium term which clinical tool is likely a standard practice our GU and to improve the health continuum of elderly.
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