Attitudes and Lifestyle Changes Following Jog Your Mind: Results from a Multi-Factorial Community-Based Program Promoting Cognitive Vitality among Seniors

Autor/inn/en	Laforest, Sophie; Lorthios-Guilledroit, Agathe; Nour, Kareen; Parisien, Manon; Fournier, Michel; Ellemberg, Dave; Guay, Danielle; Desgagnés-Cyr, Charles-Émile; Bier, Nathalie
Titel	Attitudes and Lifestyle Changes Following Jog Your Mind: Results from a Multi-Factorial Community-Based Program Promoting Cognitive Vitality among Seniors
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 32 (2017) 2, S.184-196 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyx031
Schlagwörter	Attitude Change; Life Style; Community Programs; Quasiexperimental Design; Community Organizations; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Older Adults; Cognitive Ability; Aging (Individuals); Regression (Statistics); Memory; Physical Activities; Dementia; Mnemonics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Lebensstil; Älterer Erwachsener; Denkfähigkeit; Aging; Altern; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Gedächtnis; Demenz; Mnemotechnik
Abstract	This study examined the effects on attitudes and lifestyle behavior of "Jog your Mind," a multi-factorial community-based program promoting cognitive vitality among seniors with no known cognitive impairment. A quasi-experimental study was conducted. Twenty-three community organizations were assigned either to the experimental group (offering the program) or to the control group (creating a waiting list). They recruited 294 community-dwelling seniors. The aims of the study were to verify the effects of the program on attitudes and behaviors related to cognitive vitality and to explore its effects on cognitive vitality. Data was collected at baseline and after the program. Regression analyses revealed that, following their participation in the program, experimental group participants reported: (i) in terms of attitudes, having a greater feeling of control concerning their cognitive capacities, (ii) in terms of behaviors, using significantly more memory strategies and practicing more physical activity and stimulating activities than control group participants. However, the program had no significant effects on measures of cognitive vitality. This study supports the fact that a multi-factorial community-based program can have significant effects on seniors' attitudes and lifestyle behaviors related to cognitive vitality but at short term, no effects on cognitive vitality it-self were found. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01