Health Capability and Psychological Effects of Regular Exercise on Adults: Middle-Aged and Older

Cho, Dongwook; SaeHyung, Kim

doi:10.1177/0091415019882009

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“…The participants completed self-designed questionnaires on sociodemographic data, health-related data, and lifestyle information ( Table 1 ) during a face-to-face interview. Among the questions investigated, regular exercise referred to the performance of exercise of no less than thrice a week, with each instance lasting for no less than 20 min ( Cho and Kim, 2020 ). Physical activity referred to the occupational, leisure, household, and other daily activities, such as laundry, cooking, sweeping, mopping, and cleaning the yard ( Caspersen, 1989 ).…”

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Normative values and integrated score of functional fitness among Chinese community-dwelling older adults in Suzhou

Chen

et al. 2022

Front. Physiol.

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Objectives: This study was performed to establish the normative values and integrated score of the functional fitness on the basis of the senior fitness test (SFT) among Chinese community-dwelling older adults in Suzhou.Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 1,122 community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years old and above were recruited at Suzhou, China, by using a multistage stratified sampling method and accepted the SFT measurements. Sex- and age-specific normative values of each index of the SFT were established by using the percentile method. The SFT integrated score was established using factor analysis according to the data of 70% of the participants (construction group) and verified using the error rate from the data of the remaining 30% of the participants (verification group).Results: Normative-referenced percentile values at the 5th, 10th, 25th, 35th, 50th, 65th, 75th, 90th, and 95th percentiles for each index of SFT were established for the men and women among the different age groups. Five indices of the SFT, namely, 2-min step test, 30-s arm curl, 30-s chair stand, chair sit-and-reach, and 8-ft up-and-go (TUGT), gradually declined with age in both sexes (p < .05). The SFT integrated score was calculated as follows: F = 3.8 × 2-min step test + 3.8 × 30-s arm curl + 3.8 × 30-s chair stand + 2.2 × back starch + 2.6 × chair sit-and-reach + 4 × TUGT − .04 × BMI. The formula was verified using the error rate. The error rates of the verification group compared with the construction group in each grade score of SFT were lower than 5%.Conclusion: Based on the data from the community-dwelling older adults in Suzhou, China, the functional fitness normative values for each index of the SFT and the integrated score of SFT were established. The SFT integrated score formula was verified to be reasonable and effective.

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Normative values and integrated score of functional fitness among Chinese community-dwelling older adults in Suzhou

Chen

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Front. Physiol.

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“…The results are shown in Table 6. [45][46][47], this study added income, exercise, and social security as control variables. Specifically, income was measured by taking the logarithm of older adults' total annual income.…”

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Earlier hukou conversion on the current depression level of older adults: The mediating role of social status and social relationship

Yang

et al. 2023

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Background With the development of urbanization in China and the liberalization of the hukou conversion policy, more and more people have converted from agricultural hukou to non-agricultural hukou. Based on this, the present study intends to examine whether there is an association between earlier hukou conversion and current depression level in the group of older adults, and the underlying mechanisms of this association. Method The present study used data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to explore the relationship between earlier hukou conversion and current depression level in older adults, using 10,213 older adults who had a hukou conversion as the study population. This study used ordinary least squares (OLS) and ordered logit models for regression analysis to explore the association between earlier hukou conversion and current depression level. Meanwhile, we further analyzed whether social status and social relationships play a mediating role between earlier hukou conversion and depression level of the older adults. Results The study led to the following conclusions: (1) Older adults who had a hukou conversion had lower levels of depression compared to those who had an agricultural hukou. (2) Compared to older adults who had an agricultural hukou, they had lower level of depression for both active and passive hukou conversions. (3) Older adults who had received lower education and lived in the eastern region exhibited lower level of depression in both actively and passively changing hukou. (4) Changes in social status and social relationship are the mediating mechanisms between hukou conversion and depression level of older adults. Conclusion This study found that there was some association between earlier hukou conversion and current depression level of the group of older adults. There is a significant reduction in depression level of the older adults after they have achieved hukou conversion to obtain a non-agricultural hukou. The government can learn from the formation mechanism of lower depression level of the older adults who had achieved hukou conversion to promote the reform and the development of the hukou system.

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“…In recent years, people have begun to pay attention to the mental health of different age groups. There is evidence that exercise can relieve stress [26], reduce anxiety levels [27], reduce the breadth and depth of depression [28], and promote mental health [29]. However, the functional de-cline in older adults and their spouses, and the high risk of cognitive decline, lack of social activities, and less support from group partners can easily induce the psychological pressure of loneliness and helplessness in older adults.…”

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Effects of Exercise Behavior, Social Cohesion, and Social Support on Health Behaviors in Older Adults: Intervention in a Multi-Component Exercise Program

2023

J Community Med Public Health

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Participation in group physical activity by older adults contributes to relationships and health; it is the most effective way to promote physical and mental health. The purpose of this study was to intervene with a multi-component exercise program to understand exercise behavior, social cohesion, and social support with the older adult explanatory power for health behavior. This study recruited 100 healthy people (50 males and 50 females) over 65 years old (average male age: 76.57 ± 1.46 years; average female age: 74.73 ± 1.68 years). Participants implemented an 8-week multi-component exercise program intervention, and before and after the intervention, the Senior Fitness Test for older adults, the Exercise Behavior, Social Cohesion, and Social Support Questionnaire for older adults and Health Behavior Inventory for older adult were implemented. The results of the study showed that the SFT data in male and female older adults could help improve balance and upper and lower extremity muscle strength. For the HBI test of all participants, in order to avoid tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, they could exercise at least three days per week, for more than 30 minutes each time, mainly outdoor exercise. In this study, exercise behavior had the greatest explanatory power on the health behaviors of older adults, followed by social support and social cohesion, which also had a high predictive power on the health behavior of older adults. Finally, the interventions of the multi-component exercise program in this study were shown to positively affect the older adults' exercise behavior, social support, and social cohesion, with a total positive effect on health behavior. The value of this study is helpful for older adults to adopt outdoor group exercise; creating social opportunities in this way is good for mental health, which, in turn, leads to improved physical and mental health.

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Health Capability and Psychological Effects of Regular Exercise on Adults: Middle-Aged and Older

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

Normative values and integrated score of functional fitness among Chinese community-dwelling older adults in Suzhou

Normative values and integrated score of functional fitness among Chinese community-dwelling older adults in Suzhou

Earlier hukou conversion on the current depression level of older adults: The mediating role of social status and social relationship

Effects of Exercise Behavior, Social Cohesion, and Social Support on Health Behaviors in Older Adults: Intervention in a Multi-Component Exercise Program

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