A Study to Identify the Benefits, Barriers, and Cues to Participating in a Yoga Program among Community Dwelling Older Adults

Nayak, Hetal D; Patel, Neela; Wood, Robert H.; Dufault, Vanessa; Guidotti, Nathaniel

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“…These results can be explained by a good working environment that promotes the empowerment of employees which is more likely to "gain" their trust. 23 In addition, Nayak et al 24 found that the willingness of the participants to do yoga depended on their perception of benefits and barriers. Therefore, the workers had good risk judgment or decision making in their capacities which was related to sociopsychological theory of decision making to individual health related behaviors.…”

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Validation of an Awareness and Preparedness on a Hearing Conservation Program Questionnaire: A Cross Sectional Study in Thailand

Choomalee

Rungruang

Sathiraphanya

et al. 2018

J Health Sci Med Res

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Objective: To validate a hearing conservation program (HCP) questionnaire based on the health belief model and stages of change model (or transtheoretical model).Material and Methods: The perception levels of 145 workers who voluntarily participated at 2 companies were determined using this HCP questionnaire from April 2014 to September 2015. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to justify the final questionnaire.Results: The final questionnaire had 24 items with 5 components: risk acceptance (8 items), perceived barriers (3 items), perceived benefits (5 items), role model (4 items), and the stages of change (4 items). Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of each component were 0.75, 0.64, 0.84, 0.85, 0.71, and the total Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of this questionnaire was 0.78. Workers in the factory who promoted continuous safety activities of HCP had a better score in all dimensions than those workers in the factory who did not.Conclusion: This questionnaire of 5 components was a well validated, predictable, and positive instrument for the HCP situation in manufacturing.

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Validation of an Awareness and Preparedness on a Hearing Conservation Program Questionnaire: A Cross Sectional Study in Thailand

Choomalee

Rungruang

Sathiraphanya

et al. 2018

J Health Sci Med Res

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Examining the Delivery of a Tailored Chinese Mind-Body Exercise to Low-Income Community-Dwelling Older Latino Individuals for Healthy Aging: Feasibility and Acceptability Study

Du¹,

Patel²,

Hernández³

et al. 2022

JMIR Form Res

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Background Older Latino individuals are disproportionally affected by various chronic conditions including impairments in physical and cognitive functions, which are essential for healthy aging and independent living. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of FITxOlder, a 12-week mind-body exercise program, in community-dwelling low-income, predominantly older Latino individuals, and assess its preliminary effects on health parameters relevant to healthy aging and independent living. Methods This 12-week, single-arm, stage 1B feasibility study had a pre- and poststudy design. A total of 13 older adults (mean age 76.4, SD 7.9 years; 11/13, 85% Latino) of a congregate meal program in a senior center were enrolled. FITxOlder was a tailored Chinese mind-body exercise program using Five Animal Frolics led by a bilingual community health worker (CHW) participating twice a week at the senior center and facilitated by mobile health technology for practice at home, with incrementally increasing goals moving from once a week to at least 3 times a week. The feasibility and acceptability of the study were examined using both quantitative and qualitative data. Healthy aging–related outcomes (eg, physical and cognitive function) were assessed using paired 2-tailed t tests. Qualitative interview data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results The attendance rate for the 24 exercise sessions was high (22.7/24, 95%), ranging from 93% (1.8/2) to 97% (1.9/2) over the 12 weeks. Participants were compliant with the incremental weekly exercise goals, with 69.2% (9/13) and 75.0% (9/12) meeting the home and program goals in the last 4 weeks, respectively. Approximately 83% (10/12) to 92% (11/12) of the participants provided favorable feedback on survey questions regarding the study and program implementation, such as program content and support, delivery by the CHW, enjoyment and appeal of the Five Animal Frolics, study burden and incentives, and safety concerns. The qualitative interview data revealed that FITxOlder was well accepted; participants reported enjoyment and health benefits and the desire to continue to practice and share it with others. The 5-time sit-to-stand test (mean change at posttest assessment=−1.62; P<.001; Cohen d=0.97) and 12-Item Short Form Health Survey physical component scores (mean change at post intervention=5.71; P=.01; Cohen d=0.88) exhibited changes with large effect sizes from baseline to 12 weeks; the other parameters showed small or medium effect sizes. Conclusions The research findings indicated that the CHW-led and mobile health–facilitated Chinese qigong exercise program is feasible and acceptable among low-income Latino older adults. The trending health benefits of the 12-week FITxOlder program suggest it is promising to promote physical activity engagement in underserved older populations to improve health outcomes for healthy aging and independent living. Future research with larger samples and longer interventions is warranted to assess the health benefits and suitability of FITxOlder.

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Examining the Feasibility of the Delivery of a Tailored Chinese Qigong Program in Older Low-Income Community-Dwelling Latino Adults (Preprint)

Du¹,

Patel²,

Hernández³

et al. 2022

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BACKGROUND Older Latinos are disproportionally affected by various chronic conditions such as impairments in physical and cognitive function, which are essential for healthy aging and independent living. OBJECTIVE This study was: 1) to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of FITxOlder, a 12-week mind-body exercise program, in low-income community dwelling older Latinos; and 2) to assess the preliminary effects of FITxOlder on health parameters relevant to healthy aging and independent living. METHODS This study is a 12-week single-arm Stage 1B feasibility study with a pre- and post- study design. 13 older Latino participants (76.4±7.9) of a congregate meals program in a senior center were enrolled in the study. The FITxOlder was a tailored Chinese mind-body exercise using Five Animal Frolics, led by a bilingual community health worker (CHW) to practice twice a week at the senior center and facilitated by mobile health technology (mHealth) to practice at home with incremental goal from once a week to at least three times a week. Feasibility and acceptability of the study were examined using both quantitative and qualitative data. Healthy aging related outcomes (e.g., physical and cognitive function, activities of daily living) were assessed using paired t-tests. Qualitative interview data was analyzed using content analysis. RESULTS The attendance rate of the 24 exercise sessions was high (94.4%, 22.7/24), ranging from 93.0% (1.8/2) to 96.8% (1.9/2) over the 12 weeks. The participants were compliant to the incremental weekly home and program exercise goal with 54.6% (2.8 days/week) and 63.3% (4.7 days/week) meeting the home and program goal in the program, respectively. Approximately 82% (10/12) to 92% (11/12) participants provided favorable feedback on survey questions regarding the study and program such as the program content and support, delivery by CHW, enjoyment and appeal of Five Animal Frolics, study burden and incentives, and safety concerns. The qualitative interview data revealed that FITxOlder was well-accepted; participants perceived enjoyment and health benefits, and would like to continue to practice it and share with others. The 5-times sit to stand test (mean changes at posttest=-1.62, p<.001; Cohen’s d=0.97) and SF-12 physical component scores (mean changes at posttest=5.71, p<.001; Cohen’s d=0.88) exhibited changes with large effect size from baseline to 12 weeks; other parameters showed small or medium effect size. CONCLUSIONS The research findings indicated that the CHW-led and mHealth-facilitated Chinese Qigong exercise program is feasible and acceptable among low-income older Latino adults. The trending health benefits of this 12-week FITxOlder program might be promising to promote physical activity engagement in underserved older populations to improve health outcomes for healthy aging and independent living. Future research with larger samples and longer interventions is warranted to assess the health benefits of FITxOlder program and its suitability.

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A Study to Identify the Benefits, Barriers, and Cues to Participating in a Yoga Program among Community Dwelling Older Adults

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References 37 publications

Validation of an Awareness and Preparedness on a Hearing Conservation Program Questionnaire: A Cross Sectional Study in Thailand

Validation of an Awareness and Preparedness on a Hearing Conservation Program Questionnaire: A Cross Sectional Study in Thailand

Examining the Delivery of a Tailored Chinese Mind-Body Exercise to Low-Income Community-Dwelling Older Latino Individuals for Healthy Aging: Feasibility and Acceptability Study

Examining the Feasibility of the Delivery of a Tailored Chinese Qigong Program in Older Low-Income Community-Dwelling Latino Adults (Preprint)

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