Evaluation of CHAMPS, a physical activity promotion program for older adults
Evaluation of CHAMPS, a physical activity promotion program for older adults
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DOI：
10.1007/bf02895154
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发表时间：
1997-09-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Ritter, PL
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作者：
Stewart, AL;Mills, KM;Ritter, PL
我们评估了六个月的公共卫生模型干预导致的身体活动变化，该干预鼓励居住在两个低收入聚集住房设施的62-91岁（平均= 76）的老年人通过参加现有的社区体育活动课程和他们选择的项目来增加他们的身体活动。该计划向所有人提供，无论他们的健康问题如何。鼓励参与者根据自己的喜好、身体能力、健康状况、收入和交通资源选择适合自己的活动。采用比较组设计，干预组在干预期的所有比较月份均表现出更积极的状态（p值< 0.05）。干预也与自尊的改善有关（p < 0.05），但与一系列其他与健康相关的生活质量指标无关。那些在六个月的干预期内接受并坚持一项新的体育活动的人，在焦虑、抑郁和整体心理健康方面都比那些没有接受并坚持一项新的体育活动的人有所改善。干预随后在一个老年中心重复进行（N = 22）。与聚集设施样本（35%）相比，老年中心样本中采用并维持新活动6个月的比例（68%）要大得多，这可能是由于两种环境中招聘方法和样本特征的差异。通过利用现有社区资源促进增加身体活动的干预措施可能有助于增加老年人的身体活动。
We evaluated physical activity changes resulting from a six-month public health model intervention that encouraged seniors (N = 89) 62-91 years of age (mean = 76) living in two low-income congregate housing facilities to increase their physical activity by participating in existing community-based physical activity classes and programs of their choice. The program was offered to everyone regardless of their health problems. Enrollees were encouraged to adopt activities tailored to their preferences, physical abilities, health status, income, and transportation resources. Using a comparison-group design, the intervention group was more active for all comparison months of the intervention period (p values < .05). The intervention also was associated with improvements in self-esteem (p < .05), though not with an array of other measures of health-related quality-of-life. Those who adopted and maintained a new physical activity over the six-month intervention period experienced improvements in anxiety, depression, and overall psychological well-being relative to those who did not. The intervention was subsequently replicated through a senior center (N = 22). A much larger proportion of the senior center sample adopted and maintained a new activity for sir months (68%) compared to the congregate facilities sample (35%), which may have been due to differences in recruitment methods and sample characteristics in the two settings. An intervention promoting increased physical activity through the use of existing community resources may help increase physical activity in older adults.