BAILA: Being Active, Increasing Latinos Healthy Aging

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Conditions studied: Mobility Limitation

In brief

Investigators propose a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the efficacy of the revised 4-month BAILAMOS© program for improving lifestyle PA and health outcomes (physical and cognitive function, self-reported functional limitations, disability) in sedentary older Latinos at risk for disability relative to an attention control group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01988233

Run by

University of Illinois at Chicago

People needed

333

Starts

2013-03-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2022-07-27

Who can join

Age: 55 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age > 55 years old
• self-identification as Latino/Hispanic
• ability to speak Spanish
• participation in <3 day/week of aerobic exercise
• at risk for disability
• adequate cognitive status as assessed by the Mini Mental State Examination
• danced < 2 times/month over the past 12 months
• willingness to be randomly assigned to treatment or control group
• no plans to leave the country for more than two consecutive weeks over the next year

You may not qualify if…

• uncontrolled cardiovascular disease
• uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
• pacemaker in situ
• severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• recent healing or unhealed fracture(s)
• use of an assistance device to walk (cane, walker, or wheelchair)

Where it is running

• West Suburban Senior Services, Inc — Bellwood, Illinois, United States
• Catholic Charities of the Archdioceses of Chicago St Mary of Celle Strengthening Center — Berwyn, Illinois, United States
• Pilsen Senior Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Holy Cross/Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Villa Guadalupe Senior Services, Inc. — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Northwest (Copernicus) Regional Senior Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Dance Academy of Salsa — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• West Town Senior Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• St. Agnes of Bohemia Parish — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Southwest Senior Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Kelvyn Park Senior Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel — Melrose Park, Illinois, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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