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Intervening on exercise and nutrition in older adults
— the Rhode Island SENIOR Project | | Author(s) | Phillip G Clark, Joseph S Rossi, Mary L Greaney |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 17, no 6, December 2005 |
| Pages | pp 753-778 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Nutrition ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Presented are the basic design, methods and baseline data analyses for the Study of Exercise and Nutrition in Older Rhode Islanders (SENIOR Project). This is an experimental study investigating the relative effectiveness of a 12-month stage of readiness to change-based multiple behaviour intervention (exercise and nutrition), compared to single-behaviour interventions in a community-dwelling population of 1,277 older people. Relationships between stage of readiness to change in the two target behaviours, as well as the relationship between stage of readiness and self-reported exercise levels and fruit and vegetable consumption, were examined using a combination of Pearson chi-squares, analyses of variance (ANOVA), and Spearman's rank order correlations. Stage of change (SOC) for fruit and vegetable consumption was significantly associated with the dietary measure, and SOC for exercise was associated with both the three physical activity measures and servings of fruit and vegetables per day. Overall, an older person's readiness to change seems to be largely behaviour-specific. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060920005 A |
| Classmark | CEA: CF: 3J: 7T |
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