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S11-4 Physical activity prescription in the municipality of Camarena in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Authors: Aznar Susana , Dorado Alberto , Ortega Javier , Sanz Eduardo , Romero Cristina , Lizalde Enrique 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Purpose
A pilot study of the Physical Activity (PA) Prescription (PAP) Plan in the municipality of Camarena (Castilla-La Mancha - CLM, Spain) was conducted to evaluate the incorporation of the exercise units which work together with General Practitioner (GP) to make “PA practice the easy option”. Target group is inactive people with or without chronic disease.

Project or policy description
The High Council for Sports of Spain launched a national PAP plan developed by the creation of exercise units that will work together with PA referral (PAR) in all autonomic Communities in Spain. The plan is using digital tools to improve the accessibility and efficacy of the Community Sport and Health systems to provide PA for the inactive population with or without chronic disease. This investment is part of the Sports Sector Digitization Plan, one of the three axes of the Component 26, of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, aimed at promoting the sports sector.
A pilot study in PAP was implemented in Camarena designed by PAFS research group from the University of CLM. The pilot study started with a local meeting including all agents in the community: local nurses and general practitioners (GP), all staff involved in the community PA and Sports offer, and town hall members.
The pilot study included: (i) developing a both-ways communication system between GP practice and the exercise unit, (ii) developing a Physical Fitness and Health assessment battery tool for all patients, (iii) developing individualized exercise programs using digital tools, (iv) analyzing all opportunities to be physically active at the community, (v) quantitative and qualitative evaluation analyses of the implementation of the PAP in Camarena. This pilot study aimed to be the seed to scale-up PAP plan in CLM region.

Conclusions
The PAP plan had a good acceptance by the community of Camarena. The response rate of patients was high (85% of referred patients came to the exercise unit). Patients’ adherence to the exercise program was excellent. An educational plan is now developed as a policy-implication, for nurses, doctors, and PA educators in CLM, including all outcomes from PAP plan in Camarena.
S12-4 Feasibility evaluation of the Move Well, Feel Good movement behaviours intervention
Authors: Fairclough Stuart J , Clifford Lauren , Foweather Lawrence , Knowles Zoe , Boddy Lynne M , Ashworth Emma , Tyler Richard 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Purpose
Improving children’s motor competence through school-based physical activity interventions may be a mechanism for promoting positive mental health through psychosocial factors. Move Well, Feel Good (MWFG) is a such an intervention that was co-designed with children, class teachers, physical education (PE) teachers, and school leaders. This presentation describes the feasibility evaluation of MWFG.

Methods
Five primary schools were recruited from a low socioeconomic status community in northwest England. A 10-week intervention was co-designed which aimed to enhance children’s mental health through motor competence and psychosocial development. The core delivery of the programme involved one PE lesson per week devoted to development of locomotor, object control, and stability skills. This was supplemented by optional recess and home activities, and by non-PE curricular activities. Teachers were asked to record details of each MWFG session taught, and feasibility was evaluated against pre-defined criteria using surveys, interviews (teachers), and participatory focus groups (children). Pre- and post-intervention assessments of motor competence, mental health, wellbeing, psychosocial factors, and 24-hour movement behaviours were also completed.

Results
The 5 schools represented 83% of the target number of schools and 108 children consented (43% of target). PE and class teachers were recruited in all schools (100% of target). Intervention dose was reflected by 76% of scheduled PE lessons being delivered. Adherence was strong with &gt;85% of children attending ≥75% of lessons. Positive indicators of acceptability were provided by 86% of children, 83% of PE teachers, and 90% of class teachers. Teachers commented on the children’s positive engagement irrespective of ability, the quality of resources provided, and the challenges of competing demands for curriculum time and spaces to deliver MWFG. The data collection methods were deemed acceptable by 91% of children and 80% of class teachers, and children spoke positively about participating in the data collection. Secondary outcome data collection was completed by 87%-100% of children, with a 0%-6% attrition rate at post-intervention. Descriptive analysis revealed favourable changes in motor competence and mental health.

Conclusions
MWFG was deemed to be feasible to develop further into a pilot trial, with improved school and child recruitment strategies warranted.
S13-1 VARCITIES puts the citizens and the 'human community' in the eye of the future cities’ vision
Authors:   Chair(s):, Kolokotsa Denia 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
In an increasingly urbanized world, local governments and international institutions strive to increase the productivity and efficiency of cities, recognized as economic growth hubs, as well as ensure a better quality of life and better living conditions for citizens. To meet these challenges, VARCITIES puts the citizen and the “human community” in the eye of the future cities’ vision. The aim of the VARCITIES project is to translate visionary ideas into real solutions by reshaping shared public spaces and making cities livable and welcoming.
Seven municipalities that are exposed to diverse climatic conditions and challenges around Europe have been identified as case studies. Each pilot city has recognized a large-scale site for co-designing and implementing local actions and has adopted an innovative cross-sectoral approach by combining urban digital transformation with nature-based actions. This innovative solution's implementation is consistent with the increase in citizens' awareness, respect for public spaces, and the integration of green spaces into everyday life. Developing a healthy green mindset for citizens and improving economic opportunities through green-digital strategies, drives the implementation of additional actions towards becoming a more sustainable and equitable city. The development process of these visionary ideas into feasible actions is approached by following a bottom-up planning and co-design participatory process involving local stakeholders, assuming a “multiple benefits” perspective, and also addressing social issues and cultural diversion.
S14-1 Sports promotion in young people: good practice interventions in selected European countries
Authors:   Chair(s):, Kahlmeier Sonja 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Purpose
Which flagship sport promotion interventions for young people exist in different European countries and what could other countries gain from knowing about them? This symposium gives an overview of effective sport promotion interventions in seven European countries and presents and discusses selected promising interventions and programmes.

Symposium description
A research group identified effective sport promotion interventions in seven selected European countries with a potential to be transferred to Switzerland, including: Austria, Germany, England, Finland, France, The Netherlands, and Norway. National strategies with comprehensive and overarching measures or low-threshold interventions targeting less physically active subgroups in communities or schools have been identified as promising interventions. We will highlight and discuss selected examples in this symposium:
The national strategy “On the Move” from Finland promotes physical activity in different settings such as schools, families, and childcare. More than 90 per cent of all comprehensive schools in Finland are “Schools on the Move”. As a result, the school culture has become more physically active.
Community sport coaches in 98% of municipalities in the Netherlands provide physical activity education, organize events and activities, and advise clubs and childcare organizations. They work with local and social organizations.
Girls Active and Change4Life Sports Club from England are low-threshold programmes that promote sport at school, addressing all school aged children, including those who are inactive.

Conclusions
This symposium will discuss benefits, barriers, and key aspects related to effectiveness of good practice interventions and identify the most important considerations that need to be addressed to transfer effective sport promotion policies or programmes from one country to another.
S14-2 Sports promotion in children and adolescents: analysis of good practice interventions in 7 countries
Authors: Grobet Cécile , Mattli Renato , Vinci Linda , Carlander Maria , Kahlmeier Sonja 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Purpose
There are many interesting sports promotion interventions in European countries. Which ones are effective and can serve as good practice examples among children and adolescents? What should be considered when policies or programmes are transferred to other countries? This study has examined sports promotion interventions of seven European countries. It provides an overview of effective interventions and considers transferability to other countries.

Project description
The Swiss Federal Office of Sports assigned a study to identify effective sport promotion interventions in seven selected European countries with a potential to be transferred to Switzerland. The seven countries were: Austria, Germany, England, Finland, France, The Netherlands, and Norway.
To identify the interventions, we conducted desk research and interviews with country representatives.
In total, we identified 73 sport-promoting policies, action plans or programmes in the seven countries. As part of the detailed analysis of the most promising interventions, we have examined the national strategy “On the move” of Finland and the national action plan “School sport and activity action plan” of England. These superordinate interventions stand out for their clear objectives and comprehensive implementation. In addition, we have identified several interventions for which we consider a high added value in terms of sports promotion and a feasible implementation in Switzerland or other countries. These are “The Daily Mile” from Germany (15 minutes run or walk every day at school), “Girls Active” from England (enhancing of sport and physical activity in girls in the school setting), “Doorstep Sportclub” from England and “Community Sport Coaches” from the Netherlands (both address in particular children and adolescents with a migration background or low socio-economic status and are offered through the municipality and the associations).

Conclusions
This study gives an overview about effective sport promotion interventions targeting children and adolescents of seven European countries. Interventions that include comprehensive measures such as a national strategy or low-threshold programmes in schools or communities that address vulnerable groups such as girls, educationally disadvantaged families, children and youth with a migration background or low socio-economic status are particularly interesting from a Swiss perspective and certainly also for other European countries.
S14-3 Finnish On the Move Programme Family: Finnish Schools on the Move
Authors: Aalto-Nevalainen Päivi 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Purpose
Finnish On the Move Programme promotes a physically active lifestyle throughout the lifespan for different demographic groups. It is financed by the Ministry of Education and Culture. One of the programmes of this entity is Finnish Schools on the Move, which is a research-based programme for promoting physical activity in schools.

Project description
Schools on the Move programme has been developed in Finland since 2010 and has grown from a pilot of 45 schools into a programme that covers more than 90 per cent of Finnish schools in basic education.
In ten years, we have managed to increase the awareness of the importance of physical activity in Finland. More than 90 per cent of all comprehensive schools in Finland are Schools on the Move. As a result, the school culture has become more physically active: a positive change has been observed in the organisation of activities and school premises, movement has been added to lessons and more attention has been paid to less active pupils. Based on national level physical activity surveys the proportion of 11-15-years olds meeting the physical activity recommendation has slightly increased from 18% to 29% in girls and from 30% to 35% for boys between 2010 and 2018. (Finland’s Report Card 2022. Physical Activity for Children and Youth).
The Schools on the Move programme has been part of the implementation of the government programme in Finland since 2010. Between 2015 and 2019 it was one of the Government’s key projects in knowledge and education.

Conclusions
The objective of the programme is to increase physical activity among school-age children by making the operating culture at schools more active in various ways. Linking research and monitoring with the implementation of the programme, the strong bottom-up ideology of the school-oriented approach and the extensive cooperation networks, as well as strong commitment from the government and state funding, have been central success areas in the implementation of the programme.
S15-5 Executive and physical functions among community-dwelling older adults: results from the PASSWORD study
Authors: Tirkkonen Anna , Törmäkangas Timo , Kulmala Jenni , Hänninen Tuomo , Neely Anna Stigsdotter , Sipilä Sarianna 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Purpose
Cognitive and physical functions are key factors for safe walking. As these functions deteriorate with age walking may be compromised among older adults. However, cognitive and physical decline may be attenuated with cognitive and physical training. This study investigated the associations between cognitive, especially executive, and physical functions and sex differences in these associations in physically inactive older adults. Additionally, the role of participant characteristics in cognitive and physical training-induced change in executive functions was investigated

Methods
314 older adults aged 70-85 were recruited and randomized to PTCT (N = 155) or PT (N = 159). PT included two supervised training sessions a week and home exercises. PTCT included PT and cognitive training. Measurements were organized at baseline, 6 and 12 months. Physical functions were assessed with 10-meter maximal walking speed, 6-minutes walking distance, dual-task cost in walking speed, habitual walking speed and Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). Core skills of executive functions were assessed with Stroop (inhibition), Trail Making Test B (set shifting) and Letter Verbal Fluency (updating). Training compliance was based on participation in supervised training sessions. The data was analyzed with multiple linear regression analyses and longitudinal two-group linear path models.

Results
Mean age of the participants was 74.5. Results showed that Verbal Fluency test was positively associated with faster maximal and habitual walking speed (β = 0.272, p&lt;0.001, β = 0.184, p = 0.009 respectively), longer 6-min walking distance (β = 0.242, p&lt;0.001) and higher scores in SPPB (β = 0.234, p&lt;0.001), additionally, TMT B-A was positively associated with higher scores in SPPB (β=-0.236, p&lt;0.001). No significant sex-differences were found. Additionally, Stroop improved significantly more in women and participants in the low compliance subgroup who received PTCT compared to participant receiving PT (difference -8.758, p = 0.001 and difference in -8.405, p = 0.010 respectively) No other significant associations were observed.

Conclusion
Executive and physical functions are positively associated in older adults. The association depends on the physical task and the executive subdomain. Physical and cognitive training improves older adults’ executive functions. Women and participants who only occasionally engaged in training may gain additional benefits for inhibition from physical and cognitive training compared to physical training.

Funding
Academy of Finland (Grant no. 296843).
O.1.1-2 How can the sport sector help tackle mental health problems?
Authors: van Stam Wikke 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Dutch citizens' mental health is under pressure, and seems to have worsened during Covid-19. Research shows that sport and exercise can help to become and stay mentally healthy (e.g. Singh et al., 2023; Eime et al., 2013), but mentally unhealthy people currently exercise less (Ooms et al., 2019). We aimed to answer the questions: to what extent is the sport sector ready to help reduce and prevent mental health issues? And how can it be equipped for this task?
Our research focussed on sport clubs and community sport coaches (CSC; professionals who motivate inhabitants to become physically active by connecting the sport sector with other sectors). In 2022, we conducted an online questionnaire amongst a panel of Dutch sport clubs (n = 313), and one amongst a panel of CSCs (n = 130). On the obtained data, we conducted descriptive analysis. We also held focus group sessions with sport clubs (n = 3) and CSCs (n = 5).
Findings show that 5% of sport clubs pay specific attention to improving their members' mental health, and 72% of CSCs focus their work on this. All sport clubs and the vast majority of CSCs who focus on mental health, try to prevent people becoming mentally unhealthy. Only 5% of the CSCs (and no sport clubs in our research) focus on people with serious psychological complaints. Whether sport clubs and CSCs are involved with mental health often depends on the ‘feeling’ a CSC or trainer has for this topic. To equip sport clubs and CSCs to become more active on mental health, awareness (knowing they can make a difference) and a local network (to feel more competent dealing with mental health together with partners) seem to be necessary.
There is great potential for the sport sector to tackle mental health problems, both preventive and curative. However, the sector must be more equipped. Policy makers and local actors can use sport more often to tackle mental health issues and create local networks. For a broader view of the sport sector, further research on e.g. commercial and differently organized sport providers is needed.
This research is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
O.1.1-5 Physical activity interventions and depressive symptoms in obese adults. An ongoing systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Morres Ioannis D , Hatzigeorgiadis Antonis , Krommidas Charalampos , Comoutos Nikos , Androutsos Odysseas , Theodorakis Yannis 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Introduction
Physical activity (PA) ameliorates depressive symptoms in adults (Morres et al., 2019; Morres et al., 2022). However, meta-analytic evidence for the antidepressant effects of PA in obese adults in particular is equivocal but confounded by trials often examining various behavioral weight loss interventions, mixed overweight/obese samples, and non-depression specific outcomes. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis synthesized evidence for the effects of exclusively PA interventions on depression outcomes in obese adults aged 18-65 years.

Methods
Nine e-databases were searched for relevant randomized controlled trials published through January 31, 2023. Data were coded based on the PICOS criteria referring to Participants, Interventions, Comparisons, Outcomes and Study design. The Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software (CMA) computed a random-effect model (Hedge’s g criterion) to calculate pooled standardized mean differences for post-intervention depression scores with higher depression scores indicating more severe symptoms. The I2 and Cochran Q measured heterogeneity levels. Publication bias was investigated with the funnel plot visual inspection, the Begg-Mazumbar Kendall’s tau and Egger tests. Risk of bias analysis evaluated the methodological quality of the reviewed trials with the Physiotherapy Evidence Database Scale, which is designed for physical therapy interventions such as PA.

Results
A total of 7 randomized controlled trials (N = 732 participants) met review criteria. PA interventions documented a statistically significant large overall antidepressant effect with high and statistically significant heterogeneity (g = -0.94, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = -1.81, -0.54, p &lt; 0.001; I2 = 87%, Cochran Q = 11.32, p &lt; 0.05). The fail-safe criterion and the Mazumbar Kendall’s tau and Egger tests recorded publication bias. Trim-fill analysis on both sides of the plot added one study on the left side plot and adjusted-(increased) the effect accordingly (g = -1.12, 95% CI = -1.94, -0.85, p &lt; 0.001). Risk of bias analysis showed an overall moderate scoring for trials’ methodological quality.

Conclusions
Based on our preliminary findings, PA in obese adults brings about large antidepressant effects with high hetereogeneity, stressing the need for meta-regression analysis. Practitioners and policy-makers may consider that PA appears to be a promising antidepressant strategy for obese adults. However, well-designed trials are needed for firmer conclusions.
O.1.1-7 As we were and as we should be, concurrent exercise training in adults with schizophrenia: CORTEX-SP study
Authors: Tous-Espelosin Mikel , Iriarte-Yoller Nagore , Sanchez Pedro , Maldonado-Martin Sara 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Purpose
People with schizophrenia (SP) in addition to presenting an unhealthy lifestyle, psychosocial determinants, such as decreased self-esteem and social stigma, and the presence of psychiatric symptoms, have a profound impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Thus, people with SP have reported greater disability than those healthy control (HC) in HRQoL, assessed by the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36). Therefore, the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and interventions aiming to increase physical activity (i.e., aerobic and resistance training) should be a priority given the health benefits. It is well known that regular physical activity improves HRQoL contributing to perceived well-being, with greater improvements in interventions supervised by exercise specialists.

Methods
This research was carried out to analyze the HRQoL measurements in an SP population (n = 112, 20.4% women, 41.3±10.4 yr old) in comparison to an HC sample (n = 30), and to determine in the SP sample the changes in QoL following 20-week supervised concurrent exercise training program (EX) compared to a Treatment-As-Usual (TAU). The SF-36 questionnaire was used to assess HRQoL.

Results
At baseline, the SP population showed lower scores (P &lt; 0.05) in physical function, role-physical, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, mental health, and physical and mental component summaries compared to HC. After 20-week intervention, physical functioning (↑12.9%), general health (↑15.3%), mental health (↑8.3%), and physical component summary (↑5.1%), increased (P &lt; 0.05) in EX group. In contrast, no significant changes were seen in the TAU for any of the domains studied. Following the Bonferroni correction, there were between-group significant differences. Thus, the EX group showed significant (P &lt; 0.05) improvements (i.e., higher values) compared with the TAU group in physical functioning (difference = 14.3; 95% CI, 5.8-22.8), general health (difference = 11.7; 95% CI, 5.0-18.5) and physical component summary (difference = 4.6; 95% CI, 1.1-8.2), and no significant between-group differences were found in any other domains.

Conclusions
These results highlight the important role of supervised exercise in improving physical and psychological health.