Relationships Among Sedentary Behaviors and Other Factors

University of North Carolina System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Older Adults

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04039438

UMCIRB 19-001417

Details and patient eligibility

About

Due to the increasing sedentary behaviors in older adults, it is important to understand the factors related to sedentary behaviors. Although systematic reviews have identified sociodemographic and environmental factors related sedentary behaviors, no study on the relationships between interested and important activities and sedentary behaviors in older adults was found.

In this study, investigators aim to investigate the relationships among interested and important activities, sedentary behaviors, and sociodemographic factors in older adults living in the community. Investigators will recruit 30 sedentary older adults living in the community who are cognitively intact, have no physical limitations, and are medically stable. Participants will be assessed once using subjective and objective measures:

1. estimated energy expenditure levels for interested, important, and current activities, 2) time spent on sedentary activities, and 3) sociodemographic factors.

The results of this study will provide supporting evidence for the role of meaningful occupations to decrease sedentary behaviors. In addition, the results may show the relevant sociodemographic factors that occupational therapy practitioners need to be aware when encouraging active lifestyle for sedentary older adults in the community.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age of 65 years or older
• intact cognition confirmed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Blind score 18 or greater
• self-report of no physical activity restrictions from the physician
• sedentary lifestyle confirmed by the Rapid Assessment Disuse Index score 26 or greater,
• living 30 miles from the College of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University

Exclusion criteria

• An acute or terminal illness
• a myocardial infarction in the past 6 months
• unstable cardiovascular or metabolic disease
• neuromusculoskeletal disorders severely disrupting voluntary movement
• limb amputation
• upper or lower extremity fracture in the past 3 months
• current symptomatic hernias or hemorrhoids
• cognitive impairment