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  • Sedentary behavior is a significant health concern for the elderly.
  • Understanding long-term interventions for reducing sedentary behavior is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of health class participation frequency on reducing sedentary behavior in older adults over two years.
  • To determine if initial reductions in sedentary behavior persist two years post-intervention.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study analyzing data from 2016-2018, including a previous 2017 study.
  • Participants were elderly health class members in Japan (n=86 initially, 71 at 2-year follow-up).
  • Compared sedentary behavior rates between groups with >75% and <75% health class participation.

Main Results:

  • A significant reduction in sedentary behavior was observed two years later in the group with >75% health class participation.
  • No significant difference in sedentary behavior rates was found between intervention and control groups at the two-year follow-up.
  • Initial one-year improvements in sedentary behavior did not sustain at the two-year mark for all intervention types.

Conclusions:

  • Sustained engagement in health classes appears effective in reducing sedentary behavior among the elderly.
  • Passive interventions like "Active Guide" brochures showed diminishing returns after two years.
  • Persistent social participation may offer more enduring benefits for reducing sedentary behavior than short-term interventions.