long-term maintenance of physical activity
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Intervention group: Physical activity programme with group discussions (for 12 weeks per week: 1 session of 60 minutes and 1 session of 90 minutes of physical activity and 1 session of 60 min
Sponsors
Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 72 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Retired < 5 years - Participants must have retired from working life as part of a regular age-related retirement or through planned partial retirement without serious health reasons - Physical activity < 150 minutes per week and Physical Activity guidelines by WHO are not being achieved (World Health Organization, 2020) - Willing to increase current physical activity - Body weight < 136 kg (maximum weight limit for the equipment)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - early retirement due to serious mental, physical or somatic illnesses excludes - Physician-diagnosed depression - High blood pressure not medically controlled
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physical activity for 14 days with Axivity AX6 sensor, determined before the physical activity programme (T0), after 12 weeks (T1) and after further 12 weeks (T2) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Senior Fitness Test (2-minute step test, chair stand test, biceps curl test, 2.45m up-and-go test, maximum strength (10 repetitions) chest and leg press, questionnaires: GSE - General Self-efficacy Scale, F-SozUK-6 - Social Support, RS-13 - Resilience Scale , RSES-SF - adapted by Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale determined T0, T1 and T2 Questionnaire on perceived physical activity (self-created) determines T1 and T2 | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMarisa Kolbe
Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Institut für Trainingswissenschaft und Sportinformatik, Abt. 2
Outcome results
None listed