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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2021 Apr 1;29(2):207-218.
doi: 10.1123/japa.2019-0498. Epub 2020 Sep 4.

Promoting Physical Activity in Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Elizabeth A Schlenk, G Kelley Fitzgerald, Joan C Rogers, C Kent Kwoh, Susan M Sereika
Randomized Controlled Trial

Promoting Physical Activity in Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Elizabeth A Schlenk et al. J Aging Phys Act. .

Abstract

A 6-month self-efficacy intervention was compared with attention-control intervention on physical activity, clinical outcomes, and mediators immediate postintervention and 6-month postintervention in 182 older adults with knee osteoarthritis and hypertension using a randomized controlled trial design. The intervention group received six weekly individual physical therapy sessions for lower-extremity exercise and fitness walking and nine biweekly nurse telephone counseling sessions. The attention-control group received six weekly and nine biweekly nurse telephone sessions on health topics. Lower-extremity exercise was assessed by e-diary; fitness walking was assessed by accelerometer and e-diary; blood pressure was assessed by automated monitor; function was assessed by performance-based tests and questionnaires; and pain, self-efficacy, and outcome expectancy were assessed by questionnaires. Self-reported lower-extremity exercise and fitness walking, function, pain, self-efficacy, and outcome expectancy showed significant group or group by time effects favoring intervention. The intervention did not improve physical activity by accelerometer and blood pressure. Mean minutes of fitness walking fell short of the 150 min/week goal.

Keywords: comorbidity; function; outcome expectancy; pain; self-efficacy.

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Participant Flow Diagram. STAR = staying active with arthritis.
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