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Feasibility and Effect of Lifestyle Intervention Program on Older Community-Dwelling Adults: Pilot Study

  • Korean Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Abbr : Korean J of Occup Ther
  • 2020, 28(2), pp.1-12
  • DOI : 10.14519/kjot.2020.28.2.01
  • Publisher : Korean Society Of Occupational Therapy
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Working Therapeutics
  • Received : November 23, 2019
  • Accepted : December 15, 2019
  • Published : June 30, 2020

Shin, Yun-Chan ORD ID 1 Ji-Hyuk Park 1

1연세대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

Objective: This study was conducted to examine the effects of lifestyle intervention programs on oldercommunity-dwelling adults by assessing their depression, health, and occupational balance, and to determine thefeasibility of the program. Methods: One group pre-post design was used, and elderly people in the community who were participating in apublic health center program were recruited. The participants received lifestyle intervention based on a programthat had already proven its effectiveness through other studies. During 7 of the 12 sessions, the participants wereasked to complete a program satisfaction questionnaire aimed to examine the feasibility of the program. During thelast session, researchers assessed the depression (Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; CES-D),health (World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0; WHODAS 2.0), and occupational balance(Life Balance Inventory; LBI) of the participants and analyzed the data. Results: Nine elderly community-dwelling people participated the study and attended an average of 7.33 (SD=2.35)out of the 12 sessions. As a result of the program satisfaction questionnaire, the participants’ subjective efficacy,validity, and feasibility revealed appropriate. The overall LBI balance, challenge and interest, and identity subscalescores increased significantly (p<0.05). However, neither their depression nor their health scores changedsignificantly. Conclusion: The proposed lifestyle intervention program significantly improved the occupational balance of elderlyparticipants, and can positively affect the health of elderly community-dwelling people. However, to confirm theeffect more clearly, further study is needed to overcome the limitations of the program.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.