Effect of post-exercise class mailing program on long-term exercise adherence among community-dwelling older adults

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26282192
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Kiyoji 筑波大学, 体育系, 教授 (50163514)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 重松 良祐 三重大学, 教育学部, 教授 (60323284) ; 清野 諭 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究員 (50725827)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TAKENAKA Koji 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 教授 (80103133) ; MIYACHI Motohiko 国立研究開発法人医薬基盤・健康・栄養研究所, 国立健康栄養研究所身体活動研究部, 部長 (60229870)
• Research Collaborator: JUNG Songee ; OKUBO Yoshiro ; OSUKA Yosuke
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 身体活動 / 運動習慣 / 介護予防 / 郵送支援 / 高齢者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Many older adults stop exercising after termination of an exercise class. Therefore, this randomized controlled study aimed to examine the effect of a mailing support program, which included an exercise diary to facilitate self-monitoring and receive feedback, on long-term exercise adherence in older adults. Exercise adherence was assessed as a proportion of participants who achieved strength training for 2+ sets/week and walking exercise (3.5 METs) for 150+ min/week. One-year exercise adherence after the end of a 3-month exercise class was 46.2% in the mailing support group (n = 78) and 6.4% in the non-mailing support group (n = 78). The result suggests that the mailing support program can facilitate long-term exercise adherence in older adults.

Free Research Field

健康増進学