Effect of a pedometer-based intervention on daily step counts of community-dwelling older adults

Res Q Exerc Sport. 2007 Dec;78(5):401-6. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2007.10599439.

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of a 12-week pedometer-based intervention on daily step counts of 147 older adults randomly assigned to an intervention or wait-list control group (M age = 72.9 years, SD = 8.8). The intervention group significantly increased their daily step counts after 12 weeks (M=639, SD=2239) and continued to significantly increase during a 12-week maintenance period (M=680, SD=1721). The control group exhibited no change during the control period (M = -393, SD=2050) but had a significant increase in daily step counts (M=1580, SD=2305) when enrolled in the intervention. The pedometer-based intervention was effective in increasing participants' daily step counts.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Life Style
  • Maine
  • Male
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / instrumentation*
  • Motivation*
  • Residential Facilities*
  • Walking* / trends