There was no evidence for a relationship between intervention effectiveness and mode of delivery or number of intervention contacts ; however , interventions which involved individually tailoring with personalized activity goals or provision of information about local opportunities in the environment may be more effective .
Conclusions Interventions in adults aged 55 to 70 years led to long term improvements in physical activity at 12 months ; however , maintenance beyond this is unclear .
Identified physical activity improvements are likely to have substantial health benefits in reducing the risk of age-related illnesses .
Background Retirement represents a major transitional life stage in middle to older age .
Changes in physical activity typically accompany this transition , which has significant consequences for health and well-being .
The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the evidence for the effect of interventions to promote physical activity in adults aged 55 to 70 years , focusing on studies that reported long-term effectiveness .
Cardiovascular prevention in the Hartslag Limburg project: effects of a high-risk approach on behavioral risk factors in a general practice population.
BACKGROUND This study describes a general- practice -based high-risk cardiovascular prevention approach in Maastricht , The Netherl and s ( 1999 - 2003 ) . The intervention consisted of a complete registration of risk factors , optimization of medical treatment and health counseling on high fat consumption , smoking and physical inactivity . METHODS Behavioral effects were assessed in a trial , r and omization by practice and usual care as control . Vali date d question naires were completed by 1300 patients at baseline , 1174 after 4 months ( 90.3 % ) and 1046 ( 80.5 % ) after 18 months . RESULTS After 4 months , intention-to-treat analyses revealed a decrease in saturated fat intake of 1.3 points ( scale ranging from 7 to 30 points , p=0.000 ) . This was partly sustained after 18 months ( -0.5 points , p=0.014 ) . After 18 months , obese intervention patients were more likely to be sufficiently physically active than their control counterparts ( OR=1.90 , p=0.023 ) . No intervention effects were found for smoking . CONCLUSION Given the multiple factor and multiple component high-risk approach , the intervention had modest effects on only some of the behavioral risk factors addressed . Process data showed that the registration of risk factors and the optimization of medical treatment were only partly implemented , that the health counseling component could be further improved and that the intervention could benefit from additional health promoting strategies
There was no evidence for a relationship between intervention effectiveness and mode of delivery or number of intervention contacts ; however , interventions which involved individually tailoring with personalized activity goals or provision of information about local opportunities in the environment may be more effective .
Conclusions Interventions in adults aged 55 to 70 years led to long term improvements in physical activity at 12 months ; however , maintenance beyond this is unclear .
Identified physical activity improvements are likely to have substantial health benefits in reducing the risk of age-related illnesses .
Background Retirement represents a major transitional life stage in middle to older age .
Changes in physical activity typically accompany this transition , which has significant consequences for health and well-being .
The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the evidence for the effect of interventions to promote physical activity in adults aged 55 to 70 years , focusing on studies that reported long-term effectiveness .