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Reminders boost weekly exercise in older women.
2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Phone calls and mailed reminders can help older women increase their amount of weekly exercise, according to a new study in the American Journal of Health Behavior.
Women who received these prompts added 37 minutes of weekly exercise to their routine, say Vicki S. Conn, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Missouri. Those who participated in the study but did not get reminders increased their weekly exercise by only 12 minutes.
"Efforts to increase exercise among aging adults are important because even exercise initiated in advanced years has potential physical and mental health benefits," Conn says.
Previous studies suggest that exercise can reduce the risk of falls, arthritis-related pain, and problems related to chronic illnesses like heart disease and diabetes among the elderly. Conn's study is the first to test the effectiveness of phone and mail prompts to increase exercise among women age 65 and older.
"The prompting intervention found effective in this study is particularly attractive because it could be delivered by lay personnel, making it a low-cost strategy to increase exercise," Conn says.
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