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Table 3 Summary of outcome measures during study visits

From: A digitally supported home-based exercise training program and dietary protein intervention for community dwelling older adults: protocol of the cluster randomised controlled VITAMIN trial

 

Screening

V1

Baseline (T0)

V2

6 months (T6)

V3

12 months (T12)

V4

Physical performance measurements

 Modified Physical Performance Test (M-PPT) [28]

 

X

X

X

 6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT) [33]

 

X

X

X

 Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) [34]

 

X

X

X

 Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) [36]

 

X

X

X

 Accelerometry with activity diary

 

X

X

X

 Hand Grip Strength (HGS) [37]

 

X

X

X

Cognitive performance measurements

 Trail Making, Stroop Color Word test, Letter Fluency [38]

 

X

X

X

Questionnaires

 Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) [21]

X

   

 Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) [22]

X

   

 3 day food record [39]

 

X

X

X

 RAND-36 item Health Survey (SF-36) [40]

 

X

X

X

 Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) [41]

 

X

X

X

 Behavioural Regulation In Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-2) [42]

 

X

X

X

Body Composition

 Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) [45, 47]

 

X

X

X

 Air displacement plethysmography (ADP) BodPod [44]

 

X

X

X

 Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) [48]

 

X

X

X

 Mid upper arm muscle circumference (MUAMC) [51, 52]

 

X

X

X

 Height / Weight / BMI [51]

 

X

  

Explorative outcome measures

 Medical and demographical data

X

X

X

X

 Tablet usage and satisfaction

 

X

X

X

 Compliance

  

X

X

 Sustainability

   

X

  1. Note: T0 = post-randomisation baseline visit (V2), T1 = 6 months outcome visit (V3), T2 = 12 month follow-up visit (V4). BMI Body Mass Index
  2. X: data will be obtained