Effects of A Personalized Intervention Program on the Biochemical and Hematological Profile in Community Dwelling Old Adults—The AGA@4life Intervention Model

Armando Caseiro, Clara Rocha, Ana Margarida Silva, Carla Ferreira, Isabel Silva, Mariana Clemente, Inês Cipriano, Marina Saraiva, Rogério Barreira, Joana Azenha, Maria Helena Loureiro, Anabela Martins and Telmo Pereira
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Armando Caseiro: Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC, Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Clara Rocha: Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC, Ciências Complementares, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Ana Margarida Silva: Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC, Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Carla Ferreira: Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC, Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Isabel Silva: Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC, Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Mariana Clemente: Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC, Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Inês Cipriano: Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC, Fisiologia Clínica, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Marina Saraiva: Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC, Fisioterapia, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Rogério Barreira: Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC, Ciências Biomédicas Laboratoriais, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Joana Azenha: Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC, Dietética e Nutrição, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Maria Helena Loureiro: LABINSAÚDE—Laboratório de Investigação em Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTeSC, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Anabela Martins: LABINSAÚDE—Laboratório de Investigação em Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTeSC, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal
Telmo Pereira: LABINSAÚDE—Laboratório de Investigação em Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTeSC, Rua 5 de Outubro, 3046-854 Coimbra, Portugal

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: Aging is a social and economic challenge of the highest importance and a multidisciplinary intervention seems to be a promising approach for improving the quality of life of elderly individuals. This project was designed aimed at promoting an active and healthy aging through the implementation of an intervention program based on the comprehensive geriatric assessment model (AGA@4life), focused on promoting health and wellbeing, independence and autonomy, mobility, and social inclusion. A non-randomized interventional study was designed to evaluate the effect of only a dietetic and nutritional approach (control group (CG)) and the combination of a tailored exercise program and a dietetic and nutritional approach (intervention group (IG)) in the biochemical and hematological profile of older adults in the framework of AGA@4life. The 34 participants enrolled, aged 65 years or over, were subject to a thorough baseline (T0) multidisciplinary diagnostic evaluation, including the gathering of clinical information and a battery of biochemical and hematological determinations, and reevaluated after eight weeks of intervention (T1). Between T0 and T1, an increase in albumin and total proteins serum levels were observed in both groups ( p < 0.01); the hematological profile in CG and IG showed an increase in red cell count and hemoglobin ( p < 0.05). In IG, an increase of HDL cholesterol ( p < 0.001) and a decrease of triglycerides ( p = 0.001) were still observed. The AGA@4life multidisciplinary intervention improved the hematological and biochemical profile of old adults, potentially contributing to delay the development of several aging comorbidities and increase the quality of life of participants.

Keywords: healthy aging; exercise; prevention; cholesterol; hemoglobin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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