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

Table 3

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

Variable	Maintainers; (𝑛=69); M (SD)	Improvers; (𝑛=16); M (SD)	Decliners; (𝑛=38); M (SD)	Improvers; versus; Maintainers; P-value	Maintainers; versus; Decliners; P-value	Improvers; versus; Decliners; P-value
Weekly minutes of endurance PA	65.5 (105.1)	113.4 (208.9)	82.2 (104.5)	.14	.05*	.92
Weekly minutes of strength PA	30.3 (33.9)	54.8 (59.4)	101.8 (59.1)	.06	<.0001*	<.01*
Age	79.5 (4.8)	79.0 (4.8)	78.7 (4.5)	.68	.36	.81
Race
White	47 (68%)	11 (69%)	27 (71%)	.95	.79	.87
Others	22 (32%)	5 (31%)	11 (29%)
Education
≤H.S. grad	28 (41%)	6 (38%)	19 (50%)	.36	.15	.21
Some college	20 (29%)	4 (25%)	12 (32%)
≥College	21 (30%)	6 (38%)	7 (18%)
Comorbidity	5.0 (2.4)	4.6 (2.3)	5.0 (2.7)	.54	.98	.55
Self-Efficacy	6.9 (2.1)	8.4 (1.9)	7.7 (1.6)	<.01*	.04*	.20
Physical function (SF-36)	67.5 (23.3)	77.2 (17.6)	72.5 (19.8)	.11	.25	.47
Gait velocity rapid m/s	1.71 (0.50)	1.82 (0.25)	1.78 (0.43)	.42	.50	.77

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