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Trial reportJournal of community health2017

Community-Based Healthy Aging Interventions for Older Adults with Arthritis and Multimorbidity.

Janice C Zgibor, Lei Ye, Robert M Boudreau, Molly B Conroy, Joni Vander Bilt, Elizabeth A Rodgers, Elizabeth A Schlenk, Mini E Jacob, Jane Brandenstein, Steven M Albert and 1 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of community health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Clarifying healthy aging: building a common language for policy innovation within the Age-It Research Program.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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  3. Community-Partnered Evaluation of the Aging Mastery Program in Los Angeles Area Senior Centers.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2020
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  5. Multimorbidity Management: A Scoping Review of Interventions and Health Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  9. Aging, Cancer and Immunity.Journal of Cancer · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Janice C ZgiborDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Lei YeDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Robert M BoudreauDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Molly B ConroyDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Joni Vander BiltDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Elizabeth A RodgersDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Elizabeth A SchlenkSchool of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Mini E JacobBoston University, Boston, USA.
Jane BrandensteinArthritis Foundation, Great Lakes Region, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Steven M AlbertDepartment of Behavioral, Health and Community Science, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
Anne B NewmanDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. newmana@edc.pitt.edu.

Funding

VARIABILITY, STABILITY & SMOOTHNESS OF WALKINGP30AG024827 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JENNIFER S BRACH · 2004 to 2026
$28.6M
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research CenterU48DP005001 · DP · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI NEWMAN, ANNE B. · 2014 to 2018
$3.7M
HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERU48DP001918 · DP · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI NEWMAN, ANNE B. · 2010 to 2014
$3.6M
ACL HHS U48DP005001NCCDPHP CDC HHS U48 DP001918NCCDPHP CDC HHS U48 DP005001NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Examine the impact of programs led by community health workers on health and function in older adults with arthritis and other health conditions. We conducted a cluster-randomized trial of the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program (AFEP) enhanced with the "10 Keys"™ to Healthy Aging compared with the AFEP program at 54 sites in 462 participants (mean age 73 years, 88 % women, 80 % white). Trained Community health workers delivered the 10-week programs. Outcomes assessed after 6 months included physical performance [Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)], Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) Osteoarthritis Index, and preventive health behaviors. Both groups experienced improvements. Performance improved by 0.3 SPPB points in the AFEP/"10 Keys"™ group and 0.5 in AFEP alone; WOMAC scores declined by 3.0 and 3.9 points respectively. More participants had controlled hypertension at 6 months in both groups (60.1 % baseline to 76.7 % in AFEP/10 Keys and from 76.5 to 84.9 % in AFEP alone) and greater diabetes control (from 15.0 to 34.9 and 15.5 to 34.1 %, respectively). These community-based programs showed similar improvements in preventive health, mobility and arthritis outcomes.

Indexed as

Community Health ServicesAgedAgingArthritisCommunity Health WorkersDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Exercise TherapyFemaleHealth PromotionHealth Services for the AgedHealth StatusHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedMultimorbidityArthritisBehavioral interventionsCluster randomizationCommunity health workersComorbidityHealthy agingMultimorbidity

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PMID27900515
PMCPMC5967256

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