Effect of telephone exercise counseling on frailty in older veterans: project LIFE.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
This study sought to determine if telephone exercise counseling attenuates frailty in older, male veterans through increased levels of physical activity. Eighty-one elderly, male veterans (age = 78.4 +/- 4.9 years) randomized to intervention (n = 39) or combined control groups (n = 42) completed baseline and 6-month follow-up measures of gait velocity, 6-min walk, chair stands, body mass index, and physical activity. Adapting the Fried frailty model, deficits in one or more of these outcomes indicated frailty. The intervention group had a 6-month decrease of 18% in the proportion of frail to not frail participants, whereas the control groups had no change in proportions (Fisher's p = .08). Frail participants had a mean 6-month decrease in physical activity levels of 124 kilocalories/week, whereas the not frail group increased by 619 kilocalories/week (p = .07). There was a clinically meaningful change in frailty status with intensive, telephone exercise counseling. Improvement in frailty status was likely due to improvement in functional limitations.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Peterson, MJ; Sloane, R; Cohen, HJ; Crowley, GM; Pieper, CF; Morey, MC
Published Date
- December 2007
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 1 / 4
Start / End Page
- 326 - 334
PubMed ID
- 19482814
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1557-9891
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1177/1557988307306153
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States