TY - JOUR
T1 - Pedometry and ‘peer support’ in older Chinese adults
T2 - A 12-month cluster randomised controlled trial
AU - Thomas, G. N.
AU - Macfarlane, D. J.
AU - Guo, B.
AU - Cheung, B. M.Y.
AU - McGhee, S. M.
AU - Chou, K. L.
AU - Deeks, J. J.
AU - Lam, T. H.
AU - Tomlinson, B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - There is a need to increase physical activity to attenuate age-related morbidity. This 12- month factorial design cluster trial randomised 399 volunteers from 24 centres to buddy peer support, pedometry, or control group. Data were anaysed using last-observation carried-forward and intention-to-treat methods. Compared to the controls, participants in the pedometry group increased their levels of physical activity energy expenditure significantly, as did those in the buddy group. As recorded by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire [IPAQ], the respective increases amounted to 1820 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1360-2290) and 1260 (95% CI, 780-17 460) metabolic equivalent of task (MET).min.wk-1. The buddy group also had significantly improved aerobic fitness after adjustment for body weight (12%; 95% CI, 4-21%), but this did not attain significance in the pedometry group (7%; 95% CI, -1 to 15%). Our results suggest that recourse to pedometers and the buddy peer support system is simple means of increasing physical activity in older subjects.
AB - There is a need to increase physical activity to attenuate age-related morbidity. This 12- month factorial design cluster trial randomised 399 volunteers from 24 centres to buddy peer support, pedometry, or control group. Data were anaysed using last-observation carried-forward and intention-to-treat methods. Compared to the controls, participants in the pedometry group increased their levels of physical activity energy expenditure significantly, as did those in the buddy group. As recorded by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire [IPAQ], the respective increases amounted to 1820 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1360-2290) and 1260 (95% CI, 780-17 460) metabolic equivalent of task (MET).min.wk-1. The buddy group also had significantly improved aerobic fitness after adjustment for body weight (12%; 95% CI, 4-21%), but this did not attain significance in the pedometry group (7%; 95% CI, -1 to 15%). Our results suggest that recourse to pedometers and the buddy peer support system is simple means of increasing physical activity in older subjects.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 25001029
AN - SCOPUS:84925284439
SN - 1024-2708
VL - 20
SP - S11-S14
JO - Hong Kong Medical Journal
JF - Hong Kong Medical Journal
IS - 3
ER -