Motivating and assisting physical exercise in independently living older adults: A pilot study

Silveira, Patrícia Souza da; Reve, Eva van het; Daniel, Florian; Casati, Fabio; Bruin, Eling D. de

doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.11.015

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“…Out of fifteen studies, only five specifically aim to investigate the efficacy of the interventions in increasing the level of physical activity among participants [12,13,14,15,16]. Another six studies aim to investigate the effectiveness of design components in encouraging physical activity [17,18,19,20,21,22]. Albaina et al [17] for example aims to evaluate persuasive design principles and interaction metaphors in Flowie, a persuasive virtual coach that encourages seniors to walk more.…”

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“…Albaina et al [17] for example aims to evaluate persuasive design principles and interaction metaphors in Flowie, a persuasive virtual coach that encourages seniors to walk more. Silveira et al [21] focuses on the efficacy of motivational elements in ActiveLifestyle, whilst Hughes et al [20] on the efficacy of online consultation. Nyman et al [18], Pekmezi et al [19] and Amman et al [22] on the other hand specifically focus on the acceptability of tailored advice components in enhancing physical activity.…”

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“…[21] To investigate the feasibility of the Active Lifestyle system, the adherence of participants to the training plan and the effectiveness of motivation instrument.…”

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“…Six of these studies focus only on an older adult population [14,15,16,17,21,23], while three physical activity interventions developed for a general population [12,19,22]. The remaining six studies only described physical activity as sub-components of the interventions, as these studies involved interventions that were not mainly developed to enhance physical activity but to encourage weight loss [26], fall prevention [18], weight maintenance [13], general health assessment [20,24] and health behaviour change [25].…”

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“…Out of nine interventions with physical activity as the main component, three studies utilized objective physical activity measurements [16,17,21], four studies utilize subjective measurement [15,16,19,23], while two studies [12,14] utilized both types of measurement. Meanwhile, all of the remaining six studies with physical activity as subcomponents of the interventions only used subjective measurements such as self-reported questionnaires to measure physical activity outcome [13,18,20,26,24,25].…”

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Web-Based Physical Activity Interventions for Older Adults: A Review

Mohadis

Ali

Shahar

et al. 2015

Advances in Visual Informatics

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Abstract. Most web-based physical activity interventions were built based on the principles of universal design but may have overlooked age-related impairments experienced by older adults. Thus, it is important to know how successful such web-based interventions are in enhancing older adults' physical activity levels despite these shortcomings. The objective of this study is to review published literature regarding interactive web-based interventions promoting physical activity among older adults. EBSCOhost, ISI Web of Science and ScienceDirect databases were searched to identify relevant peerreviewed papers. Results were summarized in a qualitative way. We included 15 papers reporting on web-based interventions with physical activity components. Ten and two studies respectively indicated positive and negative outcomes, while the outcomes of the remaining three studies are unclear. Despite the fact that computer illiteracy and age-related impairments can both be experienced, there is preliminary evidence that suggests that web-based interventions are effective in encouraging physical activity among older adults.

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confidence: 99%

“…[21] To investigate the feasibility of the Active Lifestyle system, the adherence of participants to the training plan and the effectiveness of motivation instrument.…”

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Web-Based Physical Activity Interventions for Older Adults: A Review

Mohadis

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Shahar

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A mixed methods study of Tai Chi exercise for patients with chronic heart failure aged 70 years and older

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Aims and objectivesThis study aimed to evaluate Tai Chi group training among patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) aged 70 years and older.BackgroundPhysical activity is recommended for CHF treatment. Tai Chi is found to be beneficial to different patient groups, although few studies focus on older patients with CHF.DesignA mixed methods study. Participants were randomly assigned to Tai Chi training twice a week for 16 weeks (N = 25) or control (N = 20). Quantitative data were collected at baseline, at the end of the training period and 6 months after training, assessing self‐rated fatigue and quality of life, natriuretic peptides and physical performance. Individual qualitative interviews were conducted with participants (N = 10) in the Tai Chi training group.ResultsNo statistical differences between the Tai Chi training group and the control group in quality of life or natriuretic peptides was found. After 16 weeks, the training group tended to rate more reduced activity and the control group rated more mental fatigue. Participants in the training group rated increased general fatigue at follow‐up compared with baseline. Qualitative interviews showed that Tai Chi training was experienced as a new, feasible and meaningful activity. The importance of the leader and the group was emphasized. Improvements in balance were mentioned and there was no physical discomfort.ConclusionTai Chi was experienced as a feasible and meaningful form of physical exercise for patients with CHF aged over 70 years despite lack of achieved health improvement. Further investigations, using feasibility and meaningfulness as outcome variables seems to be useful.

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