Trial reportGeriatrics & gerontology international2019
Behavior changes by a buddy-style intervention including physical training, and nutritional and social support.
Trial report in Geriatrics & gerontology international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Volunteer-led physical activity interventions to improve health outcomes for community-dwelling older people: a systematic review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Pooled it
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- Effects of Reablement on the Independence of Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Mild Disability: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Behavior changes by a buddy-style intervention including physical training, and nutritional and social support.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2019Trial
- Sitting still while the world gets sicker: Rethinking physical inactivity as a public health emergency.BMC global and public health · 2026Review
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- Targeting belongingness among older people through engagement in senior centres: intervention development study in Denmark.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- A Narrative Review of the Utilisation of the SHARE Frailty Instruments (SHARE-FI and SHARE-FI75+) in the Literature.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2023Review
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- Developing a Personalized Integrative Obesity-Coaching Program: A Systems Health Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimPrevious research suggests that multicomponent interventions including physical training, and nutritional and social support are required to improve a person's behavior. As a pre-specified secondary outcome, this analysis aimed to ascertain whether a "buddy-style" intervention could produce physical activity and nutritional behavior changes in older adults.
methodsA 12-week, home-based, randomized controlled trial was carried out with 80 older persons, who were randomly assigned to an intervention group (n = 39), including physical training and nutritional support, and a control group (n = 41). Trained non-professional volunteers visited the participants at home twice a week. Physical activity and nutritional behavior were assessed through validated questionnaires.
resultsIn total, 36 participants in the intervention group and 26 participants in the control group completed the final questionnaire. The intervention group showed significant improvements in physical activity behavior, such as light sport activity (β = 9.13, 95% CI 0.90-17.37 min/day; P = 0.030), muscle strength exercise (β = 68.18, 95% CI 46.45-89.91 min/week; P < 0.001) and overall activities (β = 0.69, 95% CI 0.21-1.18 h/day; P = 0.006), compared with the control group. Nutritional behavior improvements for the intervention group were observed in the consumption of legumes/nuts (β = 0.18, 95% CI 0.00-0.35 portions/day; P = 0.047) and fluids (β = 0.48, 95% CI 0.01-0.98 portions/day; P = 0.050), relative to controls.
conclusionsA "buddy-style" program in older adults living at home can produce effective physical activity changes and, to a lesser extent, changes in dietary behavior, and has the potential to be efficient and feasible. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2019; 19: 323-329.
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