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| Community-based health coaching, exercise, and health service utilization | | Author(s) | Stephen K Holland, Jay Greenberg, Lynette Tidwall |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 17, no 6, December 2005 |
| Pages | pp 697-716 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Chronic illness ; Physical disabilities ; Preventative medicine ; Exercise ; Health services ; Usage [services] ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The outcomes of the California Public Employees Retirement System's (CalPERS) Health Matters programme, a replication of a health promotion and fitness course known as the Senior Wellness Program (SWP) are reported. Eligibility for the randomised controlled sample of 504 included one or more qualifying chronic health conditions, age 65+, member of a participating health plan, and owner of a CalPERS long-term care insurance policy. Disability risk factors were measured via questionnaires, and included health status, pain, exercise, depression, and social activity. Activity was compiled in project records. After 12 months, Health Matters members were engaged in significantly more stretching and aerobic exercise than the controls. For those with moderate or higher symptoms scores, depressive symptoms decreased. Health Matters extends the SWP model to younger, more active and healthier individuals with improvements in duration of exercise and stretching; use of other health promotion activities was low. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060920002 A |
| Classmark | CI: BN: LK2: CEA: L: QLD: 3J: 7T |
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