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Mindful Movement for Physical Activity and Wellbeing in Older Adults- A Community Based Randomized Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Mindful Movement and Keys to Health & Wellbeing for Physical Inactivty and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 176 participants across 5 sites.
Detailed Summary
Physical inactivity has reached pandemic proportions and is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Of particular concern is that most middle to older age adults fall far short of recommendations for health enhancing physical activities. This research takes a novel approach to tackling this problem by combining mindfulness with behavioral strategies in a unique 'Mindful Movement' program offered collaboratively with the YMCA.
Study Details
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Interventions
The program focuses on enhancing individuals' mindfulness capabilities and skills, specifically attention regulation, body awareness, emotional regulation, and shifts in self-perception, by providing opportunities for education, practice, and social suppo
This community-based educational program provides participants useful content focused on general health related topics including common chronic conditions, social support, social participation, cancer screening, immunization and keeping active.