Interventions simultaneously promoting social participation and physical activity in community living older adults: A systematic review
BackgroundIn recent years, there has been a global trend toward an increase in life expectancy and the proportion of elderly people among the population. In this regard, it becomes important to promote active and healthy aging. Physical inactivity and social isolation are both risk factors of many c...
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| description | BackgroundIn recent years, there has been a global trend toward an increase in life expectancy and the proportion of elderly people among the population. In this regard, it becomes important to promote active and healthy aging. Physical inactivity and social isolation are both risk factors of many chronic illnesses and highly prevalent in older adults. This challenges communities to develop interventions that reduce these risk factors among elderly populations. The main aims of this study were to summarize community-based interventions that aim to simultaneously promote social participation and physical activity in older adults and to examine their effects.MethodsWe performed a systematic review based on the PRISMA standards. Literature searches were conducted in six scientific databases in July 2021. Articles were included if they had an interventional design, focused on older adults living in the community and measured social participation and physical activity as an outcome. The data were summarized narratively due to the heterogeneity of studies and the variety of outcome measures.ResultsOverall, 46 articles published in English were included. The studies were grouped in (1) interventions with main focus on physical activity promotion; (2) social activities that included a physical activity component; (3) health behavior interventions/ health education interventions; (4) multicomponent interventions; (5) environmental interventions. The majority of the reviewed studies reported positive effects of interventions on physical activity and/or social participation. No study reported negative effects. Analysis of quantitative studies showed that multicomponent interventions have great positive effects on both outcomes. In qualitative studies positive effects were found regardless of intervention type.ConclusionThis review summarizes the evidence about the effects of community-based interventions that aim to promote social participation and physical activity in older adults. Multicomponent interventions seem to be most suitable for simultaneous promotion of physical activity and social participation. However, high variability in measurement methods used to assess both social participation and physical activity in the included studies made it difficult to compare studies and to indicate the most effective.Systematic review registrationwww.crd.york.ac.uk, identifier: PROSPERO [CRD42021268270]. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-199d7cc9712c458da0b59d9ee266c8992022-12-22T03:47:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-12-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.10484961048496Interventions simultaneously promoting social participation and physical activity in community living older adults: A systematic reviewAntonina Tcymbal0Karim Abu-Omar1Verena Hartung2Annalena Bußkamp3Chiara Comito4Christin Rossmann5Diana Meinzinger6Anne Kerstin Reimers7Department of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, GermanyFederal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), Köln, GermanyFederal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), Köln, GermanyFederal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), Köln, GermanyDepartment of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, GermanyBackgroundIn recent years, there has been a global trend toward an increase in life expectancy and the proportion of elderly people among the population. In this regard, it becomes important to promote active and healthy aging. Physical inactivity and social isolation are both risk factors of many chronic illnesses and highly prevalent in older adults. This challenges communities to develop interventions that reduce these risk factors among elderly populations. The main aims of this study were to summarize community-based interventions that aim to simultaneously promote social participation and physical activity in older adults and to examine their effects.MethodsWe performed a systematic review based on the PRISMA standards. Literature searches were conducted in six scientific databases in July 2021. Articles were included if they had an interventional design, focused on older adults living in the community and measured social participation and physical activity as an outcome. The data were summarized narratively due to the heterogeneity of studies and the variety of outcome measures.ResultsOverall, 46 articles published in English were included. The studies were grouped in (1) interventions with main focus on physical activity promotion; (2) social activities that included a physical activity component; (3) health behavior interventions/ health education interventions; (4) multicomponent interventions; (5) environmental interventions. The majority of the reviewed studies reported positive effects of interventions on physical activity and/or social participation. No study reported negative effects. Analysis of quantitative studies showed that multicomponent interventions have great positive effects on both outcomes. In qualitative studies positive effects were found regardless of intervention type.ConclusionThis review summarizes the evidence about the effects of community-based interventions that aim to promote social participation and physical activity in older adults. Multicomponent interventions seem to be most suitable for simultaneous promotion of physical activity and social participation. However, high variability in measurement methods used to assess both social participation and physical activity in the included studies made it difficult to compare studies and to indicate the most effective.Systematic review registrationwww.crd.york.ac.uk, identifier: PROSPERO [CRD42021268270].https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1048496/fullolder adultscommunity-based intervention(s)physical activitysocial participationphysical activity promotion |
| spellingShingle | Antonina Tcymbal Karim Abu-Omar Verena Hartung Annalena Bußkamp Chiara Comito Christin Rossmann Diana Meinzinger Anne Kerstin Reimers Interventions simultaneously promoting social participation and physical activity in community living older adults: A systematic review Frontiers in Public Health older adults community-based intervention(s) physical activity social participation physical activity promotion |
| title | Interventions simultaneously promoting social participation and physical activity in community living older adults: A systematic review |
| title_full | Interventions simultaneously promoting social participation and physical activity in community living older adults: A systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Interventions simultaneously promoting social participation and physical activity in community living older adults: A systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interventions simultaneously promoting social participation and physical activity in community living older adults: A systematic review |
| title_short | Interventions simultaneously promoting social participation and physical activity in community living older adults: A systematic review |
| title_sort | interventions simultaneously promoting social participation and physical activity in community living older adults a systematic review |
| topic | older adults community-based intervention(s) physical activity social participation physical activity promotion |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1048496/full |
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