Stand When You Can: development and pilot testing of an intervention to reduce sedentary time in assisted living.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prolonged daily sedentary time is associated with increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases, impaired physical function, and mortality. Older adults are more sedentary than any other age group and those in assisted living residences accumulate more sedentary time as they often have little need to engage in light-intensity or standing activities such as cleaning or meal preparation. This "low movement" environment can hasten functional decline. Thus, the purpose of this study was to develop a multi-level intervention to reduce and interrupt sedentary time within assisted living residences and conduct a pilot study to determine if the intervention is feasible and if further testing is warranted.

Methods

"Stand When You Can" (SWYC) was developed using a Social Ecolo

SUBMITTER: Voss ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7409493 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature