Open AccessFeasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of a Multimodal Approach to Increase Physical Activity in Older Adults With Memory Complaints: The Education for Action Study
Author(s) -
Danylo F. Cabral,
Vinícius Souza dos Santos,
Oceano T.T. Pereira,
María Silva,
Álvaro PascualLeone,
Tatjana Rundek,
David Loewenstein,
Neva Kirk-Sanchez,
Augusto César Aragão Oliveira,
Joyce GomesOsman
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of aging and physical activity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1543-267X
pISSN - 1063-8652
DOI - 10.1123/japa.2020-0484
Subject(s) - coaching , medicine , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , intervention (counseling) , neurocognitive , physical medicine and rehabilitation , quality of life (healthcare) , physical activity , psychology , cognition , gerontology , psychiatry , nursing , psychotherapist
In this randomized controlled pilot trial, the authors explored the feasibility, technology compliance, and preliminary efficacy of the Education for Action (EDU-ACT), a multimodal intervention combining evidence-based strategies of physical activity (PA) education and coaching in PA levels over 4 weeks between EDU-ACT and control groups. The authors also assessed pre-post changes in neurocognitive function, functional mobility and dual-task performance, sleep and quality of life. Thirty-two sedentary older adults with memory complaints (age = 66 ± 5.3) completed the study (EDU-ACT = 18 and control = 14). The EDU-ACT adherence rate was 95%, and compliance of daily PA reporting was, on average, 22.7 days (94.6%). The EDU-ACT group demonstrated a significantly greater number of steps, processing speed, and dual-task performance when compared with controls (p < .05). In this study, a multimodal, evidence-based, low-cost intervention was feasible, well-accepted, with high adherence and compliance rates, and effective at promoting clinically meaningful increases in PA, for at least 1 month postintervention, in older adults with memory complaints.