"Worth the Walk": Culturally Tailored Stroke Risk Factor Reduction Intervention in Community Senior Centers.

ABSTRACT: Background Racial/ethnic minority older adults have worse stroke burden than non-Hispanic white and younger counterparts. Our academic-community partner team tested a culturally tailored 1-month (8-session) intervention to increase walking and stroke knowledge among Latino, Korean, Chinese, and black seniors. Methods and Results We conducted a randomized wait-list controlled trial of 233 adults aged 60 years and older, with a history of hypertension, recruited from senior centers. Outcomes were measured at baseline (T0), immediately after the 1-month intervention (T1), and 2 months later (T2). The primary outcome was pedometer-measured change in steps. Secondary outcomes included stroke knowledge (eg, intention to call 911 for stroke symptoms) and other self-reported and clinical measures

SUBMITTER: Menkin JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6475057 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature