TY - JOUR
T1 - The Influence of Evidence-Based Exercise and Age Reattribution on Physical Function in Hispanic Older Adults
T2 - Results From the ¡Caminemos! Randomized Controlled Trial
AU - Burrows, Brett
AU - Andrade, Flavia Cristina Drumond
AU - Piedra, Lissette
AU - Xu, Shuo
AU - Aguiñaga, Susan
AU - Steinberg, Nessa
AU - Sarkisian, Catherine
AU - Hernandez, Rosalba
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Research reported in this publication was supported, in part, by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health [grant number R01 AG024460-05 to C. Sarkisian]; the National Center for Advanced Translational Sciences [grant number UL1TR001881 to C. Sarkisian]; the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health [grant number P30AG0215684-16 to C. Sarkisian]; the Midcareer Award in Patient-Oriented Community-Academic Partnered Aging Research [grant number 1K24AG047899-02 to C. Sarkisian]; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [grant number 1K01HL130712 to R. Hernandez]; and the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health [grant number U54MD012523 to R. Hernandez]. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Older Hispanics routinely exhibit unhealthy beliefs about “normal” aging trajectories, particularly related to exercise and physical function. We evaluated the prospective effects of age reattribution on physical function in older Hispanics. Participants (n = 565, ≥60 years) were randomly assigned into (a) treatment group—attribution-retraining, or (b) control group—health education. Each group separately engaged in four weekly 1-hr group discussions and 1-hr exercise classes, followed by monthly maintenance sessions. The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) measured physical function throughout the 24-month intervention. No significant difference in physical function between intervention arms was evident over time. However, both groups experienced significant improvements in physical function at 24 months (β = 0.43, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.16, 0.70]). Participating in the exercise intervention was associated with improvements in physical function, although no additional gains were apparent for age attribution-retraining. Future research should consider strengthening or modifying intervention content for age reattribution or dosage received.
AB - Older Hispanics routinely exhibit unhealthy beliefs about “normal” aging trajectories, particularly related to exercise and physical function. We evaluated the prospective effects of age reattribution on physical function in older Hispanics. Participants (n = 565, ≥60 years) were randomly assigned into (a) treatment group—attribution-retraining, or (b) control group—health education. Each group separately engaged in four weekly 1-hr group discussions and 1-hr exercise classes, followed by monthly maintenance sessions. The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) measured physical function throughout the 24-month intervention. No significant difference in physical function between intervention arms was evident over time. However, both groups experienced significant improvements in physical function at 24 months (β = 0.43, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.16, 0.70]). Participating in the exercise intervention was associated with improvements in physical function, although no additional gains were apparent for age attribution-retraining. Future research should consider strengthening or modifying intervention content for age reattribution or dosage received.
KW - Hispanics
KW - age reattribution
KW - exercise
KW - older adults
KW - physical function
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U2 - 10.1177/0733464820927171
DO - 10.1177/0733464820927171
M3 - Article
C2 - 32508211
AN - SCOPUS:85086109434
VL - 40
SP - 278
EP - 288
JO - Journal of Applied Gerontology
JF - Journal of Applied Gerontology
SN - 0733-4648
IS - 3
ER -