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Article: Pedometry and 'peer support' in older Chinese adults: a 12-month cluster randomised controlled trial
Title | Pedometry and 'peer support' in older Chinese adults: a 12-month cluster randomised controlled trial |
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Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org.hk |
Citation | Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2014, v. 20 n. 3, Suppl. 3, p. S11-S14 How to Cite? |
Abstract | There is a need to increase physical activity to attenuate age-related morbidity. This 12-month factorial design cluster trial randomized 399 volunteers from 24 centres to buddy peer support, pedometry, or control group. Data were anaysed using last-observation carried-forward and intention-to-treat methods. Compared to the controls, participants in the pedometry group increased their levels of physical activity energy expenditure significantly, as did those in the buddy group. As recorded by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire [IPAQ], the respective increases amounted to 1820 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1360-2290) and 1260 (95% CI, 780-17 460) metabolic equivalent of task (MET).min.wk-1. The buddy group also had significantly improved aerobic fitness after adjustment for body weight (12%; 95% CI, 4-21%), but this did not attain significance in the pedometry group (7%; 95% CI, -1 to 15%). Our results suggest that recourse to pedometers and the buddy peer support system is simple means of increasing physical activity in older subjects. |
Description | Research Dissemination Reports Session - Exercise/Rehabilitation |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/199805 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.261 |
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dc.contributor.author | Thomas, GN | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Macfarlane, DJ | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Guo, B | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cheung, BMY | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | McGhee, S | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chou, KL | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Deeks, JJ | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, TH | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Tomlinson, B | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-22T01:38:31Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-22T01:38:31Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2014, v. 20 n. 3, Suppl. 3, p. S11-S14 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1024-2708 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/199805 | - |
dc.description | Research Dissemination Reports | - |
dc.description | Session - Exercise/Rehabilitation | - |
dc.description.abstract | There is a need to increase physical activity to attenuate age-related morbidity. This 12-month factorial design cluster trial randomized 399 volunteers from 24 centres to buddy peer support, pedometry, or control group. Data were anaysed using last-observation carried-forward and intention-to-treat methods. Compared to the controls, participants in the pedometry group increased their levels of physical activity energy expenditure significantly, as did those in the buddy group. As recorded by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire [IPAQ], the respective increases amounted to 1820 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1360-2290) and 1260 (95% CI, 780-17 460) metabolic equivalent of task (MET).min.wk-1. The buddy group also had significantly improved aerobic fitness after adjustment for body weight (12%; 95% CI, 4-21%), but this did not attain significance in the pedometry group (7%; 95% CI, -1 to 15%). Our results suggest that recourse to pedometers and the buddy peer support system is simple means of increasing physical activity in older subjects. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org.hk | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Hong Kong Medical Journal | en_US |
dc.rights | Hong Kong Medical Journal. Copyright © Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | Pedometry and 'peer support' in older Chinese adults: a 12-month cluster randomised controlled trial | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Thomas, GN: neilt@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Macfarlane, DJ: djmac@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Cheung, BMY: mycheung@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | McGhee, S: smmcghee@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chou, KL: klchou@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, TH: hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Macfarlane, DJ=rp00934 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Cheung, BMY=rp01321 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | McGhee, S=rp00393 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Chou, KL=rp00583 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, TH=rp00326 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 231015 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 243689 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 20 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 3, suppl. 3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | S11 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | S14 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |
dc.customcontrol.immutable | sml 141030 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1024-2708 | - |