Research Article
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 () M (SD) | Improvers () M (SD) | Decliners () 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 |
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