Comparing the effects of group and home-based physical activity on mental health in the elderly
Background: The present study focuses on comparing the effects of home-based (HB) and group-based (GB) physical activity on mental health in a sample of older adults in Shahr-e-kord. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, a twice-weekly physical activity program for 2 months was provided either...
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| author | Seyede Salehe Mortazavi Mohsen Shati Hassan Eftekhar Ardebili Kazem Mohammad Reza Dorali Beni Ammar Hassanzadeh Keshteli |
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| description | Background: The present study focuses on comparing the effects of home-based (HB) and group-based (GB) physical activity on mental health in a sample of older adults in Shahr-e-kord.
Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, a twice-weekly physical activity program for 2 months was provided either individually at home or in a group format for 181 people who were divided into two groups (HB and GB). The outcome, mental health, was measured with the 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28).
Results: Mental health status improved after participation in the physical activity program. The decrease in GHQ-28 total score in GB group, 3 months after intervention, was 3.61 2.28 (P < 0.001). In HB group, this reduction was 1.20 2.32 during the same period (P < 0.001). The difference of these "before-after differences" between the two groups in the GHQ-28 and all its subscales was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Also, the effects of GB physical activity on mental health compared with HB physical activity, adjusted for related baseline variables, were significant.
Conclusions: These findings reveal the probable effects of GB rather than HB physical activity on mental health among the elderly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75692e28f8154c258a7669bccb21d5282022-12-21T18:20:11ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Preventive Medicine2008-78022008-82132013-01-0141112821289Comparing the effects of group and home-based physical activity on mental health in the elderlySeyede Salehe MortazaviMohsen ShatiHassan Eftekhar ArdebiliKazem MohammadReza Dorali BeniAmmar Hassanzadeh KeshteliBackground: The present study focuses on comparing the effects of home-based (HB) and group-based (GB) physical activity on mental health in a sample of older adults in Shahr-e-kord. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, a twice-weekly physical activity program for 2 months was provided either individually at home or in a group format for 181 people who were divided into two groups (HB and GB). The outcome, mental health, was measured with the 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). Results: Mental health status improved after participation in the physical activity program. The decrease in GHQ-28 total score in GB group, 3 months after intervention, was 3.61 2.28 (P < 0.001). In HB group, this reduction was 1.20 2.32 during the same period (P < 0.001). The difference of these "before-after differences" between the two groups in the GHQ-28 and all its subscales was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Also, the effects of GB physical activity on mental health compared with HB physical activity, adjusted for related baseline variables, were significant. Conclusions: These findings reveal the probable effects of GB rather than HB physical activity on mental health among the elderly.http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2013;volume=4;issue=11;spage=1282;epage=1289;aulast=MortazaviElderlygroup-based physical activityhome-based physical activitymental health |
| spellingShingle | Seyede Salehe Mortazavi Mohsen Shati Hassan Eftekhar Ardebili Kazem Mohammad Reza Dorali Beni Ammar Hassanzadeh Keshteli Comparing the effects of group and home-based physical activity on mental health in the elderly International Journal of Preventive Medicine Elderly group-based physical activity home-based physical activity mental health |
| title | Comparing the effects of group and home-based physical activity on mental health in the elderly |
| title_full | Comparing the effects of group and home-based physical activity on mental health in the elderly |
| title_fullStr | Comparing the effects of group and home-based physical activity on mental health in the elderly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing the effects of group and home-based physical activity on mental health in the elderly |
| title_short | Comparing the effects of group and home-based physical activity on mental health in the elderly |
| title_sort | comparing the effects of group and home based physical activity on mental health in the elderly |
| topic | Elderly group-based physical activity home-based physical activity mental health |
| url | http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2013;volume=4;issue=11;spage=1282;epage=1289;aulast=Mortazavi |
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