dc.contributor.author | Rantakokko, Merja | |
dc.contributor.author | Pakkala, Inka | |
dc.contributor.author | Äyräväinen, Irma | |
dc.contributor.author | Rantanen, Taina | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-12T09:08:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-06-14T21:45:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rantakokko, M., Pakkala, I., Äyräväinen, I., & Rantanen, T. (2015). The effect of out-of-home activity intervention delivered by volunteers on depressive symptoms among older people with severe mobility limitations : a randomized controlled trial. <i>Aging and Mental Health</i>, <i>19</i>(3), 231-238. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.924092" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.924092</a> | |
dc.identifier.other | CONVID_23744529 | |
dc.identifier.other | TUTKAID_62264 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/45052 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To examine the effects of an individualized outdoor activity intervention carried out by volunteers on depressive symptoms among community-living older people with severe mobility limitations who have difficulties accessing the outdoors independently.
Methods: Secondary analyses of the “Volunteering, Access to Outdoor Activities and
Wellbeing in Older People” (VOW) data (ISRCTN56847832). VOW was a randomized single blinded two-arm controlled trial conducted in Jyväskylä, Finland, in 2009-2011. At
baseline, 121 people aged 67-92 years with severe mobility limitations were interviewed at
home and randomized into either an intervention or waiting list control group. Volunteers
(n=47) had retired from regular work and were trained for the study. A volunteer assisted the participant in attending recreational out-of-home activities once a week for three months. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Center for the Epidemiological Studies
Depression Scale (CES-D).
Results: In the intervention group the CES-D score did not change during the intervention
(from 15.1± standard error 0.9 to 15.1± 0.9), while in the control group it increased from
17.0±1.3 to 19.1±1.4 (intervention effect p=.096). Among the subgroup with minor
depressive symptoms at baseline (CES-D score 16-20), the CES-D score decreased in the
intervention group and increased in the control group (p=.025). 2
Conclusion: A three-month outdoor activity intervention may improve mood among older
people with severe mobility limitations. More randomized controlled trials of the topic are needed. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Routledge | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Aging and Mental Health | |
dc.subject.other | depression | |
dc.subject.other | older people | |
dc.subject.other | out-of-home activity | |
dc.subject.other | volunteering | |
dc.title | The effect of out-of-home activity intervention delivered by volunteers on depressive symptoms among older people with severe mobility limitations : a randomized controlled trial | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201501091063 | |
dc.contributor.laitos | Terveystieteiden laitos | fi |
dc.contributor.laitos | Department of Health Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Gerontologia ja kansanterveys | fi |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Gerontologian tutkimuskeskus | fi |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Hyvinvoinnin tutkimuksen yhteisö | fi |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Gerontology and Public Health | en |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Gerontology Research Center | en |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | School of Wellbeing | en |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-01-09T16:30:07Z | |
dc.type.coar | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1 | |
dc.description.reviewstatus | peerReviewed | |
dc.format.pagerange | 231-238 | |
dc.relation.issn | 1360-7863 | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | 3 | |
dc.relation.volume | 19 | |
dc.type.version | acceptedVersion | |
dc.rights.copyright | © 2014 Taylor & Francis. This is an author's final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher. | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | fi |
dc.relation.doi | 10.1080/13607863.2014.924092 | |
dc.type.okm | A1 | |