Trial reportThe Gerontologist2024
Effectiveness and Implementation of an EnhanceFitness Physical Activity Intervention Specifically in Adults With Arthritis: A RE-AIM Evaluation.
Trial report in The Gerontologist, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00526201 (Arthritis Benefits of a Physical Activity Program in West Virginia), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Arthritis Benefits of a Physical Activity Program in West Virginia: Evaluation of EnhanceFitness
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- Implementation of Enhance®Fitness: a scoping review using the RE-AIM framework.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThis study evaluated the effectiveness of the evidence-based, EnhanceFitness (EF) physical activity (PA) intervention in improving arthritis symptoms, physical and mental function, and PA in adults with arthritis. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsThis was a community-based, randomized, controlled effectiveness trial that switched to a nonrandomized controlled trial. Participants were sedentary/low-active adults, aged ≥18 years, with self-reported physician-diagnosed arthritis, who were assigned to an immediate or delayed group (12-week, wait-list control group). Classes were held thrice weekly for 12 weeks at 17 community sites in 4 urban and 5 rural West Virginia counties. Data were collected at baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks. The RE-AIM Framework evaluated EF's: (1) reach (enrollment); (2) effectiveness (outcomes); (3) adoption (proportion of sites/instructors that delivered EF); (4) implementation (attendance, fidelity, adverse events, and satisfaction); and (5) maintenance (EF continuation). Outcomes were analyzed using linear mixed-effects regression.
resultsThere were 323 adults with a mean age of 68.3 years (range 27-95). Reach was 74%; site and instructor adoption rates were 100% and 55%, respectively; attendance (1.8 sessions per week) and fidelity were good; injury rate was low (3.8%); participants were highly satisfied and experienced improvements in arthritis symptoms and physical function; and 27% of instructors and 18% of sites continued EF. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: EnhanceFitness was safe and effective in improving arthritis symptoms and physical function in sedentary/low-active adults with arthritis, across the adult age spectrum, under real-world conditions, in both urban and rural communities.Clinical Trial Registration: NCT00526201.
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