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The effects of a physical activity programme on the psychological wellbeing of older people in a residential care facility
— an experimental study | | Author(s) | Silvia Ciairano, Monica Emma Liubicich, Emanuela Rabaglietti |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 30, part 4, May 2010 |
| Pages | pp 609-626 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso doi:10.1017/S0144686X09990614 |
| Keywords | Keeping fit ; Well being ; Attitude ; Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Pilot ; Italy. |
| Annotation | This experimental study aimed to analyse the effects of an aerobic activity intervention delivered by specially trained instructors to a sample of Italian older people living in a residential care facility. The researchers assessed intervention effects on general health perception, perception that one's health represents a limitation for moderate and heavy physical activity, and positive and negative self-perception. The 36-item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36) was administered at pre-test and post-test to a sample of 22 older people (ten in the control group and 12 in the intervention group) of both genders with an average age of 80.6 years. The findings showed that: (a) the perception that one's health can limit moderate and heavy physical activity decreased significantly in the older people belonging to the intervention group between pre- and post-test, while it increased in the control group; (b) positive self-perception was found to be stable in the intervention group, while it decreased in the control group; and (c) there was no interaction between group and time with respect to both general health perception and negative self-perception. The exercise programme seemed to have a particularly positive effect on older people's beliefs about their ability to master successfully the activities of daily living such as walking and moving objects. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100422203 A |
| Classmark | CE: D:F:5HH: DP: KX: KW: 4UC: 76V |
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