Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    The Effectiveness of a Walking Booster Program for Seniors

    161454_161454.pdf (55.48Kb)
    Access Status
    Open access
    Authors
    Jancey, Jonine
    Lee, Andy
    Howat, Peter
    Burke, Linda
    Leong, C.
    Shilton, Trevor
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Jancey, J. and Lee, A. and Howat, P. and Burke, L. and Leong, C. and Shilton, T. 2011. The Effectiveness of a Walking Booster Program for Seniors. American Journal of Health Promotion. 25 (6): pp. 363-367.
    Source Title
    American Journal of Health Promotion
    DOI
    10.4278/ajhp.090512-ARB-164
    ISSN
    08901171
    School
    Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research (Curtin Research Centre)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3884
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of a 3-month home-based booster program for seniors to increase walking. Design: A longitudinal prospective study. Setting: Perth, Western Australia. Subjects: Of the 177 (of 260) program participants and 236 (of 313) controls who initially completed the neighborhood walking intervention, 114 (64%) and 134 (57%) were available for the booster, and 100 and 131 participants completed the entire program, respectively. Intervention: A 6-month neighborhood walking intervention was followed 12 months later by a 3-month home-based booster program comprised of print-based materials, a pedometer, and two motivational phone calls. Measures: A self-reported questionnaire was administered at four time points: original intervention, baseline (t1) and 6 months (t2); booster, 18 months (t3) and 21 months (t4). Physical activity levels were measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Personal and demographic information was collected.Analysis: Descriptive statistics and repeated-measures analysis of variance. Results: The intervention group's mean time spent walking for recreation and mean time spent walking for errands per week showed significant increases between t1 and t2, but the weekly mean time walking for recreation dropped by 52 minutes from t2 to t3. Significant increases were evident from t3 to t4 as a result of the booster. Walking levels for the control group remained stable over the study period. Conclusion: Physical activity levels of seniors revert once an intervention concludes. A home-based booster program can reactivate physical activity levels. Hence, program planners should include booster sessions for program sustainability.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • The effectivness of a walking booster program for seniors
      Jancey, Jonine; Lee, Andy; Howat, Peter; Burke, Linda; Leong, C.; Shilton, Trevor (2011)
      Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of a 3-month home-based booster program for seniors to increase walking. Design: A longitudinal prospective study. Setting: Perth, Western Australia. Subjects: Of the 177 (of 260) ...
    • An Internet-supported Physical Activity Intervention Delivered in Secondary Schools Located in Low Socio-economic Status Communities: Study Protocol for the Activity and Motivation in Physical Education (AMPED) Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
      Lonsdale, C.; Lester, A.; Owen, K.; White, R.; Moyes, I.; Peralta, L.; Kirwan, M.; Maeder, A.; Bennie, A.; MacMillan, F.; Kolt, G.; Ntoumanis, Nikos ; Gore, J.; Cerin, E.; Diallo, T.; Cliff, D.; Lubans, D. (2016)
      Background: School-based physical education is an important public health initiative as it has the potential to provide students with regular opportunities to participate in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). ...
    • Functional adaptation to exercise in elderly subjects.
      Brown, Annette (2002)
      Maintenance of physical function with advancing age is vital to continued independent living, which is highly valued by older people. Although commonly associated with the ageing process, loss of functional ability may ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.