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Background:  The population of older adults is increasing worldwide, which brings attention to the importance of healthy aging. Adoption of healthy lifestyle activities such as participating in physical activity on a daily basis is key to maintaining physical and mental health. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of participation in a 12-week multidimensional exercise program on health behavior and biopsychological factors of older adults living in Northeastern Mexico.   Methods:  A quasi-experimental study was conducted with 45 older adults (35 females and 10 males;  M  = 67.24 ± 5.73 years). The participants were assigned to an experimental group (EG;  n  = 23) that participated in a 12-week exercise program and a control group (CG;  n  = 22). Pre- and post-analyses of the exercise intervention data were carried out to investigate the participants’ health-related variables including physical activity levels, blood pressure, self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and blood lipids profiles.   Results:  The results indicated that the exercise intervention contributed to significant improvements in the older adults’ health-related variables for the EG when contrasted with the control group. For instance, the EG significantly improved systolic ( p  < 0.001) and diastolic ( p  < 0.027) blood pressure, blood lipids [e.g., cholesterol ( p  < 0.05)], triglycerides ( p  < 0.05), self-esteem ( p  < 0.005), and depressive symptoms ( p  < 0.002) as well as physical activity ( p  < 0.001) levels. The results also demonstrated that only those individuals in the EG diagnosed with disease benefited from improved self-esteem and physical activity levels when contrasted with their healthy counterparts.

The Effects of a Multidimensional Exercise Program on Health Behavior and Biopsychological Factors in Mexican Older Adults