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Short Multicomponent Group Exercise Intervention Promotes Long-Term Physical Activity Habits among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during COVID-19 Restrictions: A Cohort Study
Dalarna University, School of Health and Welfare, Medical Science. School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Department of Physiotherapy, Mälardalen University, Västerås; Research and Development in Sörmland, Region Sörmland, Eskilstuna.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7418-6088
Dalarna University, School of Health and Welfare, Medical Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2918-3619
Research and Development in Sörmland, Region Sörmland, Eskilstuna.
Dalarna University, School of Health and Welfare, Medical Science.
2022 (English)In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, ISSN 1661-7827, E-ISSN 1660-4601, Vol. 19, no 22, article id 15140Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This study investigated whether strength, balance, body mass index, falls self-efficacy, activity levels, self-rated health, and participation in a multicomponent exercise intervention could predict physical activity levels after 5 months of self-quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study included baseline data of 200 community-dwelling older adults (79% women, 21% men) with a mean age of 72 years who participated in a randomized controlled trial investigating a multicomponent exercise program, with 7-month follow-up survey data of their physical activity levels. The results showed significant associations with the activity levels at the 7-month follow-up. The activity levels (odds ratio (OR): 2.83, 95% CI: 1.20-6.71), the self-rated health score (2.80, 1.42-5.53), and being allocated to a specific multicomponent group-based exercise program (2.04, 1.04-4.00) showed a significant association with the activity habits at the 7-month follow-up. As this study suggests, besides the physical activity levels and the self-rated health score, participation in a high challenge multicomponent exercise program was significantly associated with physical activity levels at the 7-month follow-up. This study indicates that a relatively short multicomponent group exercise program (6-9 weeks) can motivate individuals to sustain their own training and activity levels even several months after the program has been paused or terminated. Identifying older adults' physical activity levels and self-rated health scores and prescribing multicomponent group-based exercise programs to promote sustained physical activity habits may be a successful alternative to provide for older adults in the future.

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2022. Vol. 19, no 22, article id 15140
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falls, health and well-being, sedentary behavior, training
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-43638DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192215140ISI: 000887308400001PubMedID: 36429859Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85142543983OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-43638DiVA, id: diva2:1714055
Available from: 2022-11-28 Created: 2022-11-28 Last updated: 2023-03-17Bibliographically approved

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