Interventions to address sedentary behaviour for older adults: a scoping review Celeste Petrusevski Silvana Choo Michael Wilson Joy MacDermid Julie Richardson 10.6084/m9.figshare.11856186.v1 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Interventions_to_address_sedentary_behaviour_for_older_adults_a_scoping_review/11856186 <p>Sedentary behaviour is associated with increased risk for lower health status and all-cause mortality. Older adults spend up to 75%, on average, of their day sedentary, however little is known about interventions designed to decrease sitting time for this population.</p> <p>A scoping review was conducted to broadly determine what is known about sedentary behaviour interventions for older adults. Electronic databases were searched for articles with eligibility criteria including: (1) interventions containing strategies to decrease sedentary behaviour, (2) adults ≥60 years of age, and (3) reported outcome measures related to sedentary behaviour.</p> <p>A total of 32 articles met the inclusion criteria. While methodological quality and intervention characteristics varied among the studies, the majority of interventions used a multi-component approach. Interventions involved a variety of behavioural change strategies with goal setting, information and self-monitoring the most frequently used. Of the 20 studies reporting results, 80% (<i>n</i> = 16) found at least one significant change in sedentary behaviour.</p> <p>Findings from this scoping review suggest that sedentary behaviour can be reduced in community-dwelling older adults through multi-component targeted interventions. Future work is needed to examine sedentary behaviour interventions for adults >75 years and for persons living in long-term care institutions.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION</p><p>Older adults spend up to 75% of their day sedentary and are at an increased risk for chronic conditions, functional limitations, and mortality.</p><p>Multi-component sedentary behaviour interventions, such as education, physical activity, and activity monitoring should be implemented for older adults.</p><p>When designing interventions, incorporating goal-setting, self-monitoring and other behaviour change strategies can reduce sitting time for older adults.</p><p></p> <p>Older adults spend up to 75% of their day sedentary and are at an increased risk for chronic conditions, functional limitations, and mortality.</p> <p>Multi-component sedentary behaviour interventions, such as education, physical activity, and activity monitoring should be implemented for older adults.</p> <p>When designing interventions, incorporating goal-setting, self-monitoring and other behaviour change strategies can reduce sitting time for older adults.</p> 2020-02-14 18:22:35 Sedentary behaviour sitting time behaviour change intervention older adults scoping review