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P2‐362: AGREEMENT BETWEEN SELF‐ AND PROXY‐RATED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH MILD ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: THE DANISH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INTERVENTION STUDY (DAISY)
Author(s) -
Frederiksen Kristian Steen,
Waldorff Frans Boch,
Waldemar Gunhild
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.1042
Subject(s) - proxy (statistics) , medicine , dementia , disease , physical activity , alzheimer's disease , logistic regression , psychosocial , physical therapy , gerontology , psychiatry , machine learning , computer science
who received treatment as usual, i.e., no HABIT intervention.Results:NonHABIT participants carried a diagnosis of MCI longer than HABIT participants (p<.001) and reported a greater sense of self-efficacy (p1⁄40.03) at baseline. There were no differences in QOL at baseline. Percent change in scores from baseline to 3 months was calculated to control for baseline differences. Analysis of variance showed that HABIT MCI participants showed significantly greater percent change in both self-efficacy and QOL than non-HABIT participants. Specifically, HABIT participants reported more improvement in quality of life than did non-HABIT participants (7.4% vs. 0.9%, p1⁄4.001). HABIT participants additionally reported improvement in self-efficacy, whereas non-HABIT participants reported a decline (8.9% improvement vs. 3.8% decline, p1⁄4.002). Conclusions: Multicomponent behavioral interventions such as HABIT can help provide individuals with MCI with a greater sense of self-efficacy, which may translate into improved quality of life and sense of well-being. The consequences of such an achievement may have a significantly positive impact on caregivers and the health care system.