Trial reportPsychology and aging2014
Positive messaging promotes walking in older adults.
Trial report in Psychology and aging, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03037658 (Physical Activity Incentives), which is not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Physical Activity Incentives
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60 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.
- Choice architecture interventions to change physical activity and sedentary behavior: a systematic review of effects on intention, behavior and health outcomes during and after intervention.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Association Between Psychological Interventions and Chronic Pain Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA internal medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Use and effectiveness of behavioural economics in interventions for lifestyle risk factors of non-communicable diseases: a systematic review with policy implications.Perspectives in public health · 2018Pooled it
- Reframing Communication about Fall Prevention Programs to Increase Older Adults' Intentions to Participate.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Trial
- Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of a Multimodal Approach to Increase Physical Activity in Older Adults With Memory Complaints: The Education for Action Study.Journal of aging and physical activity · 2022Trial
- The Daily Activity Study of Health (DASH): A pilot randomized controlled trial to enhance physical activity in sedentary older adults.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Trial
- Can a framed intervention motivate older adults in assisted living facilities to exercise?BMC geriatrics · 2019Trial
- Time for change: using implementation intentions to promote physical activity in a randomised pilot trial.Psychology & health · 2019Trial
- Exercise patterns in older adults instructed to follow moderate- or high-intensity exercise protocol - the generation 100 study.BMC geriatrics · 2018Trial
- Patients respond more positively to physicians who focus on their ideal affect.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2015Trial
- Assessing the effect of a physical activity intervention in a nursing home ecology: a natural lab approach.BMC geriatrics · 2014Trial
- A Group-Based Walking Study to Enhance Physical Activity Among Older Adults: The Role of Social Engagement.Research on agingTrial
- Improving Affective Associations With Physical Activity via a Message-Based mHealth Intervention (WalkToJoy): Proof-of-Concept Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Baseline physical activity moderates brain-behaviour relationships in response to framed health messages.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2025Article
- Protocol for an intergenerational randomized controlled trial to enhance physical activity in older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025Article
- Development of an eHealth Intervention Including Self-Management for Reducing Sedentary Time in the Transition to Retirement: Participatory Design Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Negotiating a physically active life in tune with ageing: a grounded theory study of older persons' experiences of participating in high-intensity interval training.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Designing health messages for older adults: factors that influence older adults' perceptions of hope for making health behavior changes.Journal of language and aging research · 2024Article
- Walking for transport and all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort study of Australian community-dwelling older adults.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Developing Social Enhancements for a Web-Based, Positive Emotion Intervention for Alzheimer Disease Caregivers: Qualitative Focus Group and Interview Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Walking is among the most cost-effective and accessible means of exercise. Mounting evidence suggests that walking may help to maintain physical and cognitive independence in old age by preventing a variety of health problems. However, older Americans fall far short of meeting the daily recommendations for walking. In 2 studies, we examined whether considering older adults' preferential attention to positive information may effectively enhance interventions aimed at promoting walking. In Study 1, we compared the effectiveness of positive, negative, and neutral messages to encourage walking (as measured with pedometers). Older adults who were informed about the benefits of walking walked more than those who were informed about the negative consequences of failing to walk, whereas younger adults were unaffected by framing valence. In Study 2, we examined within-person change in walking in older adults in response to positively- or negatively-framed messages over a 28-day period. Once again, positively-framed messages more effectively promoted walking than negatively-framed messages, and the effect was sustained across the intervention period. Together, these studies suggest that consideration of age-related changes in preferences for positive and negative information may inform the design of effective interventions to promote healthy lifestyles. Future research is needed to examine the mechanisms underlying the greater effectiveness of positively- as opposed to negatively-framed messages and the generalizability of findings to other intervention targets and other subpopulations of older adults.
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