The impact of exercise on depressive symptoms in older Hispanic/Latino adults: results from the '¡Caminemos!' study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined the prospective effects of an evidence-based exercise intervention on depressive symptoms in older Hispanics/Latinos and the potential synergistic effects (if any) of an attribution-retraining component to counter negative ascriptions to the aging process.

Method

We analyzed baseline, 1-, 12-, 24-month data collected from Hispanics/Latinos ≥ 60 years participating in an exercise intervention ("¡Caminemos!") across 27 senior centers (N = 572). All participants were given 4 weekly 1-hour group-based exercise classes targeting strength training, endurance, balance and flexibility. In addition, they were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: a) treatment group-a 1-hour attribution retraining session where participants were taught that aging does not

SUBMITTER: Hernandez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6494707 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature