| |
| |
| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| The health of older adults in community activities | | Author(s) | Jack Millard |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 21, no 2, 2017 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2017 |
| Pages | pp 90-99 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/wwop |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Exercise ; Quality of life ; Well being ; Participation ; Activities of older people ; Cross sectional surveys ; Bristol. |
| Annotation | This paper aims to establish whether the inclusion of physical activity (PA) in a community programme setting is more beneficial than the benefit obtained from social participation for older adults. It uses a cross-sectional study conducted with a sample of 105 adults age 65+ taking part in community activities organised by the Bristol-based charity, LinkAge. Participants took part in either solely social groups or social groups with a PA component. The study used a self-report questionnaire comprising measures assessing functional health and well-being, health-related quality of life, functional ability, outcome expectation for exercise and social support. A significantly different and higher score on physical health measures was reported by the physically active group for role physical, physical function, bodily pain and the physical capacity score. No significant difference was found for health measures that include a mental component. The physically active group reported higher outcome expectations for exercise. The study concludes that social activity in community programmes may provide a method to maintain a healthy mental state in older adults, but participation in PA in the same environment is associated with better scores for physical health measures. Providing greater support for older people to engage in physical and social activities may enable them to maintain a higher quality of life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170609210 A |
| Classmark | CC: CEA: F:59: D:F:5HH: TMB: G: 3KB: 8AB |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|
|