Results of MyPlan 2.0 on physical activity in older Belgian adults : randomized controlled trial

Background: The beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) for older adults are well known. However, few older adults reach the health guideline of 150 min per week of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA). Electronic health (eHealth) interventions are effective in increasing PA levels in older adults in the short term but, rarely, intermediate-term effects after a period without the support of a website or an app have been examined. Furthermore, current theory-based interventions focus mainly on preintentional determinants, although postintentional determinants should also be included to increase... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Van Dyck, Delfien
Herman, Karel
Poppe, Louise
Crombez, Geert
De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse
Gheysen, Freja
Dokumenttyp: journalarticle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Schlagwörter: Medicine and Health Sciences / Social Sciences / self-regulation / exercise / elderly / eHealth / REGULATION EHEALTH INTERVENTION / ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE / BEHAVIOR-CHANGE / HEALTH / BENEFITS
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26529060
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8637931

Background: The beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) for older adults are well known. However, few older adults reach the health guideline of 150 min per week of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA). Electronic health (eHealth) interventions are effective in increasing PA levels in older adults in the short term but, rarely, intermediate-term effects after a period without the support of a website or an app have been examined. Furthermore, current theory-based interventions focus mainly on preintentional determinants, although postintentional determinants should also be included to increase the likelihood of successful behavior change. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the theory-based eHealth intervention, MyPlan 2.0, focusing on pre-and postintentional determinants on both accelerometer-based and self-reported PA levels in older Belgian adults in the short and intermediate term. Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial with three data collection points: baseline (N=72), post (five weeks after baseline; N=65), and follow-up (three months after baseline; N=65). The study took place in Ghent, and older adults (aged 65 years) were recruited through a combination of random and convenience sampling. At all the time points, participants were visited by the research team. Self-reported domain-specific PA was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, and accelerometers were used to objectively assess PA. Participants in the intervention group got access to the eHealth intervention, MyPlan 2.0, and used it independently for five consecutive weeks after baseline. MyPlan 2.0 was based on the self-regulatory theory and focused on both pre- and postintentional processes to increase PA. Multilevel mixed-models repeated measures analyses were performed in R (R Foundation for Statistical Computing). Results: Significant (borderline) positive intervention effects were found for accelerometer-based MVPA (baseline-follow-up: intervention group +5 min per day and ...