Long-Term Changes in Physical Activity Following a One-Year Home-Based Physical Activity Counseling Program in Older Adults with Multiple Morbidities

Table 2

Characteristics of maintenance, improvement, and decline from 12 to 24 months: minutes of moderate-intensity endurance PA.

Variable	Maintainers; (𝑛=62); M (SD)	Improvers; (𝑛=22); M (SD)	Decliners; (𝑛=39); M (SD)	Improvers; versus; Maintainers; P-value	Maintainers; versus; Decliners; P-value	Improvers; versus; Decliners; P-value
Weekly minutes of endurance PA	23.5 (63.8)	47.3 (62.8)	178.4 (155)	.35	<.0001*	<.0001*
Weekly minutes of strength PA	41.9 (59.6)	79.3 (47.4)	63.9 (50)	.01*	.05*	.29
Age	80.0 (4.7)	78.6 (5.1)	78.3 (4.4)	.26	.09	.79
Race
White	45 (73%)	17 (77%)	23 (59%)	.32	.09	.15
Others	17 (27%)	5 (23%)	16 (41%)
Education
≤H.S. grad	26 (42%)	11 (50%)	16 (41%)	.82	.84	.97
Some college	17 (27%)	4 (18%)	15 (39%)
≥College	19 (31%)	7 (32%)	8 (21%)
Comorbidity	5.4 (2.5)	4.5 (2.2)	4.4 (2.4)	.14	.054	.92
Self-Efficacy	6.7 (2.2)	8.0 (1.4)	8.0 (1.6)	.01*	.0009*	.93
Physical function (SF-36)	62.3 (21.9)	75.7 (20.9)	80.0 (16.9)	.01*	<.0001*	.45
Gait velocity rapid m/s	1.61 (0.47)	1.89 (0.35)	1.89 (0.41)	.01*	<.01*	.96

All variables assessed at Month 12. *Significant at 𝑃<.05