Smart Television and Exercise Promotion for Independent Living Facilities

独立生活设施智能电视及运动推广

• 批准号: 8911232
• 负责人: Valerie H Myers
• 金额: $ 19.1万
• 依托单位: KLEIN BUENDEL, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-15 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8911232
• 关键词: Address; Administrator; Age; Aging; Assisted Living Facilities; Biomedical Research; Brain; Caring; Church; Clinical Services; Cognitive; Collaborations; Community Services; Data; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Effectiveness; Elderly; Emotional; Ensure; Equilibrium; Evaluation; Exercise; Feedback; Financial cost; Focus Groups; Fright; Future; Goals; Health; Health Promotion; Home environment; Independent Living; Individual; Injury; Internet; Intervention; Interview; Knowledge; Life; Life Expectancy; Manuals; Memory; Methods; Modeling; Multimedia; Online Systems; Organizational Culture; Outcome; Participant; Physical activity; Population; Procedures; Protocols documentation; Public Health; Randomized Clinical Trials; Research; Research Personnel; Risk; Rural; Safety; Scientist; Services; Stream; Structure; Surveys; System; Technology; Television; Testing; Translating; Translations; Transportation; United States Public Health Service; Universities; Wellness Program; Wireless Technology; Work; age group; aged; base; dissemination research; efficacy research; evidence base; experience; falls; fitness; forest; frailty; human old age (65+); implementation research; improved; innovation; interactive multimedia; interest; knowledge base; meetings; mortality; novel strategies; preference; programs; prototype; public health priorities; randomized trial; social; tool; trend; usability; user-friendly; web-enabled

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Older Adults (OAs), aged 65 years and older, are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. As life expectancy increases, maintaining physical independence has become a public health priority. It is well recognized that regular physical activity (PA) can be done safely by seniors, and has multiple physical, emotional, and cognitive benefits. Yet, they remain the least physically active of any age group. This suggests that the translational reach of efficacious PA protocols to the real-world remains limited, and a need for research which is scalable to the individual in more naturalistic settings exists. An emerging trend for seniors is to choose Independent Living Facilities (ILFs) as their home. ILFs offer a variety of social, cultural, and fitness services. Access to up-to-date technologies (e.g., wireless Internet), web-based education, and wellness programs are a priority for ILF residents, thus opportunities for using technology for health promotion with OAs exists. ILFs provide a unique opportunity for PA promotion, because 1) more seniors are choosing ILFs for aging-in-place, 2) PA is of interest to ILF residents, 3) ILFs should continue to increase their wellness offerings, and 4) ILFs should be interested in incorporating PA programs into wellness offerings. Research is needed to translate efficacious PA protocols for seniors into formats that are scalable to OAs in real-world settings. The goal is to extrapolate knowledge gained from efficacy research to improve the utilization and sustainability of evidence-based methods by producing programs that are agreeable, user-friendly, and optimal at both the individual and organizational level. Smart Television and Exercise Promotion for Independent Living Facilities (STEP for LIFE) will establish the feasibility for translating an evidence-based PA program using an interactive web-enabled, streaming-video technology (i.e., Smart TV) for ILF residents. This program offers 1) an innovative and potentially effective medium to reach seniors, 2) the ability to select and sequence together a session that is personalized to fitness level, type of exercise, and duration, and 3) organizations the ability to provide desired wellness options which meet both resident and organizational needs. The purpose of this study is to provide the initial research for translating efficacious research-based PA protocols for seniors into a scalable format usable in a real-world ILF setting, and to gain knowledge at individual and organizational levels to improve implementation and sustainability of this evidence-based approach. Specific Aims include extensive formative research on the use, interest, and effectiveness of interactive multimedia approaches for promoting PA, and its integration into senior living settings. A working prototype will be developed and tested for usability with ILF residents and administrators, and seniors not residing in ILFs. Outcomes will establish the feasibility of producing and testing STEP for LIFE in a large-scale randomized trial. A larger trial can inform 1) future translation of PA promotion to other OA residential settings (e.g., assisted living, memory care, rural settings), and 2) sustainable implementation strategies for other evidence-based health promotion protocols for seniors.

描述（由申请人提供）：65岁及以上的老年人（OAs）是美国人口中增长最快的部分。随着预期寿命的延长，保持身体独立已成为公共卫生的优先事项。众所周知，老年人可以安全地进行有规律的体育活动（PA），并且对身体、情绪和认知有多种好处。然而，他们仍然是所有年龄组中身体活动最少的。这表明，有效的PA协议对现实世界的转化范围仍然有限，并且需要在更自然的环境中对个人进行可扩展的研究。老年人选择独立生活设施（ILFs）作为他们的家是一个新趋势。ilf提供各种社会、文化和健身服务。获得最新技术(例如：