TY - JOUR
T1 - Health-Training Intervention for Community-Dwelling Elderly in the SeniorWISE Study
AU - McDougall, Graham J.
AU - Becker, Heather
AU - Acee, Taylor W.
AU - Vaughan, Phillip W.
AU - Pituch, Keenan
AU - Delville, Carol
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this research was provided by NIA Grant R01 AG15384. We thank Dr. Vonnette Austin-Wells for assistance with developing content for the health-promotion classes, and the graduate nursing students who assisted with this project.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - This article describes the outcomes of a psychosocial intervention that tested whether health training could improve health and functional ability in a group of community-residing elderly persons. The health-training intervention consisted of eight 90-minute lecture and discussion classes conducted twice a week for 1 month. In 3 months following the posttest, an additional four booster sessions were delivered once per week for 1 month. Participants received a total of 20 hours of health training. The National Institutes of Health-funded SeniorWISE (Wisdom is Simply Exploration) study was advertised in the community as a program to learn strategies for successful aging. We describe the health curriculum and the health and functional outcomes for a 6-month period at preintervention, postintervention, and postbooster sessions. Complete data were available for 110 individuals. There was a statistically significant change on the Direct Assessment of Functional Status, F(2, 107) = 4.69, P < .012. Health variables remained stable over time. This intervention demonstrated that health training has the potential for noticeable improvement in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living function.
AB - This article describes the outcomes of a psychosocial intervention that tested whether health training could improve health and functional ability in a group of community-residing elderly persons. The health-training intervention consisted of eight 90-minute lecture and discussion classes conducted twice a week for 1 month. In 3 months following the posttest, an additional four booster sessions were delivered once per week for 1 month. Participants received a total of 20 hours of health training. The National Institutes of Health-funded SeniorWISE (Wisdom is Simply Exploration) study was advertised in the community as a program to learn strategies for successful aging. We describe the health curriculum and the health and functional outcomes for a 6-month period at preintervention, postintervention, and postbooster sessions. Complete data were available for 110 individuals. There was a statistically significant change on the Direct Assessment of Functional Status, F(2, 107) = 4.69, P < .012. Health variables remained stable over time. This intervention demonstrated that health training has the potential for noticeable improvement in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living function.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apnu.2009.06.003
DO - 10.1016/j.apnu.2009.06.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 20303452
AN - SCOPUS:77949485580
SN - 0883-9417
VL - 24
SP - 125
EP - 136
JO - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
JF - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
IS - 2
ER -