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Fit and Strong!: bolstering maintenance of physical activity among older adults with lower-extremity osteoarthritis
Susan L Hughes1, Rachel B Seymour, Richard T Campbell
1Center for Research on Health and Aging, 1747 W Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. shughes@uic.edu
Objectives:
To compare the impact of negotiated vs. mainstreamed follow-up with telephone reinforcement (TR) on maintenance of physical activity (PA) after Fit and Strong! ended.
Methods:
A multisite comparative effectiveness trial with repeated measures.
Results:
Single group random effects analyses showed significant improvements at 2, 6, 12, and 18 months on PA maintenance, lower-extremity (LE) pain and stiffness, LE function, sit-stand, 6-minute distance walk, and anxiety/depression. Analyses by follow-up condition showed persons in the negotiated with TR group maintained a 21% increase in caloric expenditures over baseline at 18 months, with lesser benefits seen in the negotiated-only, mainstreamed-with-TR, and mainstreamed-only groups. Significant benefits of telephone dose were also seen on LE joint stiffness, pain, and function as well as anxiety and anxiety/depression.
Conclusions:
The negotiated follow-up contract that Fit and Strong! uses, bolstered by TR, is associated with enhanced long-term PA maintenance and health outcomes.
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