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Age-Tastic: An Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve Health, Safety, and Well-Being in Older Adults
Age-Tastic! is a holistic intervention that enhances the well-being, health and safety of older adults. Most evidence-based interventions aimed at older adults have focused on singular aspects of health such as cognitive health, falls prevention, depression, advanced care planning, etc. There are fe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8970266/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1910 |
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author | Pardasani, Manoj Berman, Jacquelin Powell, Mebane Gates, Madison |
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description | Age-Tastic! is a holistic intervention that enhances the well-being, health and safety of older adults. Most evidence-based interventions aimed at older adults have focused on singular aspects of health such as cognitive health, falls prevention, depression, advanced care planning, etc. There are few interventions that encompass a holistic approach to health and safety. Age-tastic! is one such intervention that encompasses various aspects of health – social support, financial well-being, physical safety, mental health, health care management, and nutrition. Designed as a competitive board game to entice older adults, this intervention integrates concepts of cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation and game theory to educate, motivate and encourage healthful behaviors. At the core of this intervention is a focus on increasing awareness of health and safety issues, improving health literacy and changing harmful behaviors. A randomized control trial was conducted with 98 older adults assigned to an experimental and control group. Interviews were conducted at baseline, right after the intervention ended (8 weeks) and again after a short time (8 weeks after intervention ended). The results showed significant increases among experimental group participants in knowledge of healthy behaviors (p=0.05), perception of self-efficacy for engaging in healthful behaviors (p<0.001) and engagement in health behaviors (p=0.001). Regression analyses demonstrated that greater knowledge and self-efficacy were associated with behavioral change within the intervention group (p<0.001). Knowledge about the importance of preventing falls and communication with medical providers was positively correlated with the corresponding behavioral change (p<0.05). Implications for health literacy among older adults will be shared. |
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spelling | pubmed-89702662022-04-01 Age-Tastic: An Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve Health, Safety, and Well-Being in Older Adults Pardasani, Manoj Berman, Jacquelin Powell, Mebane Gates, Madison Innov Aging Abstracts Age-Tastic! is a holistic intervention that enhances the well-being, health and safety of older adults. Most evidence-based interventions aimed at older adults have focused on singular aspects of health such as cognitive health, falls prevention, depression, advanced care planning, etc. There are few interventions that encompass a holistic approach to health and safety. Age-tastic! is one such intervention that encompasses various aspects of health – social support, financial well-being, physical safety, mental health, health care management, and nutrition. Designed as a competitive board game to entice older adults, this intervention integrates concepts of cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation and game theory to educate, motivate and encourage healthful behaviors. At the core of this intervention is a focus on increasing awareness of health and safety issues, improving health literacy and changing harmful behaviors. A randomized control trial was conducted with 98 older adults assigned to an experimental and control group. Interviews were conducted at baseline, right after the intervention ended (8 weeks) and again after a short time (8 weeks after intervention ended). The results showed significant increases among experimental group participants in knowledge of healthy behaviors (p=0.05), perception of self-efficacy for engaging in healthful behaviors (p<0.001) and engagement in health behaviors (p=0.001). Regression analyses demonstrated that greater knowledge and self-efficacy were associated with behavioral change within the intervention group (p<0.001). Knowledge about the importance of preventing falls and communication with medical providers was positively correlated with the corresponding behavioral change (p<0.05). Implications for health literacy among older adults will be shared. Oxford University Press 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8970266/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1910 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstracts Pardasani, Manoj Berman, Jacquelin Powell, Mebane Gates, Madison Age-Tastic: An Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve Health, Safety, and Well-Being in Older Adults |
title | Age-Tastic: An Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve Health, Safety, and Well-Being in Older Adults |
title_full | Age-Tastic: An Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve Health, Safety, and Well-Being in Older Adults |
title_fullStr | Age-Tastic: An Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve Health, Safety, and Well-Being in Older Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Age-Tastic: An Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve Health, Safety, and Well-Being in Older Adults |
title_short | Age-Tastic: An Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve Health, Safety, and Well-Being in Older Adults |
title_sort | age-tastic: an evidence-based intervention to improve health, safety, and well-being in older adults |
topic | Abstracts |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8970266/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1910 |
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