A Cross-Sectional Study on the Characteristics of Physical Activity in Pre-Frail Older Adults

Motoaki Takamura, Toshimasa Sone, Takayuki Kawamura, Reiko Suzuki, Nobuaki Moriyama and Seiji Yasumura
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Motoaki Takamura: Faculty of Health Sciences, Tohoku Fukushi University, Sendai 981-8522, Japan
Toshimasa Sone: Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1247, Japan
Takayuki Kawamura: Faculty of Health Sciences, Tohoku Fukushi University, Sendai 981-8522, Japan
Reiko Suzuki: YOBOU-FUKUSHI Health Promotion Center, Tohoku Fukushi University, Sendai 981-8522, Japan
Nobuaki Moriyama: Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1247, Japan
Seiji Yasumura: Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1247, Japan

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 23, 1-11

Abstract: This cross-sectional study aimed to characterize the physical activity (PA) of older adults with pre-frail status by examining sedentary behavior (SB) and PA using triaxial accelerometer data, with non-frail older adults as the control group. In this study, we divided the study participants into older adults who regularly participated in self-initiated citizen group exercise activities and those who did not. Data were collected between September and December 2017. We analyzed data from 256 older adults (women: 86.3%) aged ≥65 years. The interaction effect of participation status (participation and non-participation group) and frailty status (pre-frail and non-frail group) for moderate-to-vigorous PA (F = 9.178, p = 0.003) and daily mean number of steps (F = 9.351, p = 0.002) was significant. For the participation group, there was no difference between pre-frail older adults and non-frail older adults regarding length of SB and PA time, indicating that PA level was maintained in the participating pre-frail older adults. In contrast, moderate-to-vigorous PA and daily mean number of steps were low in pre-frail older adults who did not participate in the activities. The opportunity to participate in self-initiated group exercise activities and other PAs in the community may help pre-frail older adults maintain their PA.

Keywords: pre-frailty; physical activity; moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; self-initiated citizen group exercise activities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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