Reducing Sedentary Time for Obese Older Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults have high rates of obesity and are prone to chronic health conditions. These conditions are in part due to high rates of sedentary time (ST). As such, reducing ST could be an innovative strategy for improving health outcomes among obese older adults. To test this theory, we developed a novel, technology-enhanced intervention to reduce sitting time (I-STAND) and pilot tested it to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of the intervention on ST and biometric outcomes.

Objective

The current paper aims to describe the rationale, design, and methods of the I-STAND sitting reduction pilot trial.

Methods

Older adults with obesity (n=60) were recruited from a large health care system and randomized to receive I-STAND or a healt

SUBMITTER: Rosenberg DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5826980 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature