ArticleHealth psychology research2013
Positive Effects on Life Satisfaction Following Health-Promoting Interventions for Frail Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Study.
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- Comparative Efficacy of Non-Pharmacological Multicomponent Interventions in Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Frailty or Prefrailty: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.International journal of older people nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Non-Exercise-Based Interventions to Support Healthy Aging in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.The Gerontologist · 2024Pooled it
- Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Delaying and reversing frailty: a systematic review of primary care interventions.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2019Pooled it
- Health and Social Care Interventions in the 80 years Old and Over Population: An Evidence and Gap Map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- The relationship between marital status and cognitive impairment in Chinese older adults: the multiple mediating effects of social support and depression.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- The Impact of Social Support on the Health of the Rural Elderly in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Life satisfaction among older adults is known to decrease over time and with deteriorated health. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of the health-promoting intervention study Elderly Persons in the Risk Zone on life satisfaction. A randomized, three-armed, single-blind, and controlled trial with follow-ups at 3 months, 1 and 2 years. A total of 459 community-dwelling persons at risk of frailty, 80-years or older were included. The participants were independent of help from others in ADL and cognitively intact. The two interventions were i) four weekly multi-professional senior group meetings including a follow-up home visit or ii) one preventive home visit. Life satisfaction was measured with eight questions from LiSat-11. Analyses were made in accordance with the intention-to-treat principle. Life satisfaction decreased over time, with a lower decrease in the intervention groups than in the control group. The proportion of satisfied persons was significantly higher in the intervention group of senior group meetings compared to the control group for five of the eight life satisfaction variables at one year and for all variables at the two-year follow-up. For preventive home visits, there was a significant difference compared to the control group at the one-year follow-up for three of the life satisfaction variables, and at the two-year follow-up for seven variables. We can conclude that a health-promoting intervention can delay the decline in life satisfaction among older adults (aged 80 or older) who are at risk of becoming frail.
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