Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the effectiveness of a behavior change intervention (BCI) with or without a pedometer in increasing physical activity in sedentary older women.
DESIGN: Prospective randomized controlled trial.
SETTING: Primary care, City of Dundee, Scotland.
PARTICIPANTS: Two hundred four sedentary women aged 70 and older.
INTERVENTIONS: Six months of BCI, BCI plus pedometer (pedometer plus), or usual care.
MEASUREMENTS: Primary outcome: change in daily activity counts measured by accelerometry. Secondary outcomes: Short Physical Performance Battery, health-related quality of life, depression and anxiety, falls, and National Health Service resource use.
RESULTS: One hundred seventy-nine of 204 (88%) women completed the 6-month trial. Withdrawals were highest from the BCI group (15/68) followed by the pedometer plus group (8/68) and then the control group (2/64). After adjustment for baseline differences, accelerometry counts increased significantly more in the BCI group at 3 months than in the control group (P = .002) and the pedometer plus group (P = .04). By 6 months, accelerometry counts in both intervention groups had fallen to levels that were no longer statistically significantly different from baseline. There were no significant changes in the secondary outcomes.
CONCLUSION: The BCI was effective in objectively increasing physical activity in sedentary older women. Provision of a pedometer yielded no additional benefit in physical activity, but may have motivated participants to remain in the trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 58:2099-2106, 2010.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2099-2106 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2010 |
Keywords
- randomized controlled trial
- pedometer
- physical activity
- elderly
- PUBLIC-HEALTH
- PREVENTION
- INTERVENTIONS
- RELIABILITY
- PREDICTION
- MEDICINE
- VALIDITY
- BEHAVIOR
- WALKING
- PEOPLE