The Effects of an Exercise Program using a Resident Volunteer as a Lay Health Leader for Elders' Physical Fitness, Cognitive Function, Depression, and Quality of Life

Yeon-Hee Choi; Na-Young Kim

doi:10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.3.346

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The Effects of an Exercise Program using a Resident Volunteer as a Lay Health Leader for Elders' Physical Fitness, Cognitive Function, Depression, and Quality of Life: Yeon-Hee Choi, Na-Young Kim; Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2013;24(3):346-357.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.3.346
Published online: September 30, 2013

¹College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.

²Department of Nursing, Taegu Science University, Daegu, Korea.

• Received: June 9, 2013 • Accepted: September 23, 2013

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Purpose
This study was conducted to examine an exercise program using a lay health leader for elderly participants. The test covered physical fitness (grip strength, static balance and complex movement abilities), depression, cognitive function and quality of life.
Methods
A quasi-experimental study using a non-equivalent control group pre-post design was employed. The participants were 62 elders from an institution for the aged, of whom 30 were included in the experimental group and 32 in the control group. The exercise program using a resident volunteer as a lay health leader was run three times a week for 12 weeks. The collected data were analyzed by χ² test, t-test, paired t-test, and ANCOVA with SPSS/WIN 19.0.
Results
After the program, left grip strength (F=1.77, p<.001), right grip strength (F=9.97, p<.001), static balance (F=2.79, p<.001), ability to move complex (F=1.76, p<.001), depression (F=7.66, p<.001), the cognitive function (F=8.39, p<.001) and quality of life (F=1.08, p<.001) in the experimental group were significantly better than those in the control group.
Conclusion
Study findings indicated that using a resident volunteer as a lay health leader was effective. It can be recommended as a public health resource and for consistent and comfortable education for the elderly in communities.
Key Words: Aged; Exercise; Cognition; Depression; Quality of life

Table 1

Exercise Program (Healthy 100 years old one, two, three)

Table 2

Homogeneity of General Characteristics of Groups

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

^†Fisher's exact test.

Table 3

Homogeneity Test for Physical Fitness, Depression, Cognition and Quality of Life

Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 4

Differences between Groups in Physical Fitness

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

p^a=Paired test; p^b=ANCOVA.

Table 5

Differences between Groups in Depression, Cognition, and Quality of Life

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

p^a=Paired test; p^b=ANCOVA

This study was supported by research fund of The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University in 2012.

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The Effects of an Exercise Program using a Resident Volunteer as a Lay Health Leader for Elders' Physical Fitness, Cognitive Function, Depression, and Quality of Life

Table 1 Exercise Program (Healthy 100 years old one, two, three)

Table 2 Homogeneity of General Characteristics of Groups

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

^†Fisher's exact test.

Table 3 Homogeneity Test for Physical Fitness, Depression, Cognition and Quality of Life

Exp.=Experimental group; Cont.=Control group.

Table 4 Differences between Groups in Physical Fitness

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

p^a=Paired test; p^b=ANCOVA.

Table 5 Differences between Groups in Depression, Cognition, and Quality of Life