Trial reportJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2011
Strength training, walking, and social activity improve sleep in nursing home and assisted living residents: randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The effectiveness of exercise interventions in the improvement of sleep in older adult people: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of exercise interventions targeting sleep in older adults with cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD): A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of sleep research · 2024Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions for sleep disturbances in people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of non-pharmacological interventions to improve nighttime sleep among residents of long-term care settings.BMC geriatrics · 2018Pooled it
- The effects of physical activity on sleep: a meta-analytic review.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Walk to a better night of sleep: testing the relationship between physical activity and sleep.Sleep health · 2019Trial
- Resistance training does not alter same-day sleep architecture in institutionalized older adults.Journal of sleep research · 2018Trial
- Exercise and social activity improve everyday function in long-term care residents.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2012Trial
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- TaIlored ManagEment of Sleep (TIMES) for people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment in primary care in England: protocol for a feasibility cluster-randomised controlled trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Effects of 8-week hemsball training on resting heart rate, body mass index, sleep time and sleep efficiency in women with mild intellectual development disorder.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2026Article
- Finding the way - nursing staff's perceptions and experiences of outdoor walks with residents in dementia care homes: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The effects of different training programs on sleep and academic performance of senior high school boy students: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The relationship of daily physical activity and sleep in adults: variations by age, sex, and race.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Sleep Dysfunction in Huntington's Disease: Impacts of Current Medications and Prospects for Treatment.Journal of Huntington's disease · 2023Review
- Do Daytime Activity, Mood and Unit Tumult Predict Nighttime Sleep Quality of Long-Term Care Residents?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- A timed activity protocol to address sleep-wake disorders in home dwelling persons living with dementia: the healthy patterns clinical trial.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- The sleep and circadian problems of Huntington's disease: when, why and their importance.Journal of neurology · 2021Article
- Enhancing sleep quality for nursing home residents with dementia: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of an evidence-based frontline huddling program.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo compare the effects of physical resistance strength training and walking (E), individualized social activity (SA), and E and SA (ESA) with a usual care control group on total nocturnal sleep time in nursing home and assisted living residents.
designPretest-posttest experimental design with assignment to one of four groups for 7 weeks: E (n=55), SA (n=50), ESA (n=41), and usual care control (n=47).
settingTen nursing homes and three assisted living facilities.
participantsOne hundred ninety-three residents were randomly assigned; 165 completed the study.
interventionThe E group participated in high-intensity physical resistance strength training 3 days a week and on 2 days walked for up to 45 minutes, the SA group received social activity 1 hour daily 5 days a week, the ESA group received both E and SA, and the control group participated in usual activities provided in the homes. MEASUREMENT: Total nocturnal sleep time was measured using 2 nights of polysomnography before and 2 nights of polysomnography after the intervention. Sleep efficiency (SE), non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, and sleep onset latency were also analyzed.
resultsTotal nocturnal sleep time was significantly greater in the ESA group than in the control group (adjusted means 364.2 minutes vs 328.9 minutes), as was SE and NREM sleep.
conclusionHigh-intensity physical resistance strength training and walking combined with social activity significantly improved sleep in nursing home and assisted living residents. The interventions by themselves did not have significant effects on sleep in this population.
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