Project Details
Abstract
Empirical evidence shows that persons with cognitive impairment may be lack of physical activity and balanced nutrition. Therefore, this three-year project will explore the relationship among perceived neighbor cohesion, physical activity, outdoor time, loneliness and cognition in the first year. In the second year, we will conduct a pilot study, the community-based one-year trail, to examine the effect size of a multidimensional health life style intervention (6 months for the intervention and 6 months for the following up). We will apply for wearable devises to track the amount of physical activity and outdoor times, and have a weekly two-hour group activities: physical activity (resistance and aerobic exercise, 1 hour), dietary education (15 minutes) and cognitive stimulation activities (45 minutes). We will have a health coach to lead the group activity and apply motivation interview to increase participants’ motivation and self-efficacy for behavioral change and adherence to health life style. We will collect 4-time-poin data up to 12th month. The active control group will receive similar group activity and dietary education but focus on stretching exercise. The primary outcomes are: cognitive function, while the secondary outcomes are depression and challenging behaviors. In the third year, we will conduct a formal RCT.
Project IDs
Project ID:PC10907-1516
External Project ID:MOST109-2314-B182-058
External Project ID:MOST109-2314-B182-058
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 01/08/20 → 31/07/21 |
Keywords
- Risk for cognitive decline
- Health life style
- Health coach
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