A coached sit-less plan weakened older adults' sitting habit a bit more
Who it’s about: Older adults
- Helped
Coaching, a buzzing wristband and sitting charts weakened the sitting habit a bit more than a health workbook did.
- Rule: Get a remindertested
- Rule: Get feedback on your progresstested
- Action: Break up long sittingused
- Rule: With a coach or therapistused
Small randomised trial of 60 older adults with obesity who sit a lot · vs a health workbook, one coach session and mailings · they rated themselves · ⚠ only counted people who finished; many people dropped out; many outcomes tested without correction
The study
Who took part
60 adults aged 60 to 89 in Seattle, USA, with obesity, who sat for at least 6 hours a day. They were about 68 on average and about 2 in 3 were women; 53 were counted.
What they did
For 12 weeks one group had 2 visits and 4 phone calls with a coach. They set sitting goals, solved problems and changed things at home and work. They also wore a wristband that buzzed after 15 minutes without moving and got charts of their measured sitting time. The other group got a health workbook, one coach session and five mailings.
What happened
The coached group rated their sitting habit as a little weaker at the end, while the workbook group stayed the same. The coached group also felt more sure they could sit less. Health ratings did not differ, and this paper did not report measured sitting time. 6 of 31 people left the workbook group and none left the coached group, and many results were tested at once.
Source
Changes in Self-Reported Health and Psychosocial Outcomes in Older Adults Enrolled in Sedentary Behavior Intervention Study (2019)
DOI: 10.1177/0890117119841405 (opens in a new tab)
