Mind-motor Exercise in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes and Self-reported Cognitive Complaints
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus focused on measuring subjective cognitive impairment, mind-motor intervention, square-stepping exercise, older adults
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 50 years of age or older
- Stable type 2 diabetes (i.e. A1c <9.0 for at least 6 months)
- Self report a cognitive complaint (i.e answer yes to: do you feel your memory and/or thinking skills have gotten worse recently?)
Exclusion Criteria:
Participants must be able to comprehend the letter of information and provide consent.
Participants cannot have
- major depression, measured by Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and study physician consult,
- diagnosis of dementia, or score <24 on mini-mental state examination (MMSE)
- other significant neurological disorder or psychiatric conditions
- severe history of cardiovascular events
- severe orthopedic limitations
- uncontrolled diabetes (i.e A1c <4.0mmol/L or >9.0mmol/L)
- unstable angina
- untreated retinopathy
- foot ulcers with or without severe peripheral neuropathy
- severe sensory impairment (i.e. blind).
Finally, participants must plan to attend at least 75% of the sessions over the 24-week period; this is to ensure adequate compliance of the program.
Sites / Locations
- St. Joseph's Primary Care Diabetes Support Program
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Square-Stepping Exercise Intervention
Usual-care wait-list control
Participants in this group will attend a square-stepping exercise intervention 60 minutes on two days a week at a community location.
This group will receive standard care and be invited to partake in the intervention after all assessments have been completed.