Article
Transtheoretical model for physical activity in older adults: systematic review
Author/s | Jiménez Zazo, Fabio
Romero Blanco, Cristina Castro Lemus, Nuria ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dorado Suárez, Alberto Aznar, Susana |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Motricidad Humana y Rendimiento Deportivo |
Publication Date | 2020 |
Deposit Date | 2023-05-05 |
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Abstract | Healthy aging makes the practice of physical activity (PA) a necessity.However, PAguidelines
achievement in older adults is scarce. The use of behavioral theories such as Transtheoretical Model
(TTM), helps in older ... Healthy aging makes the practice of physical activity (PA) a necessity.However, PAguidelines achievement in older adults is scarce. The use of behavioral theories such as Transtheoretical Model (TTM), helps in older adults PA promotion. The aim of this review was to identify the use of TTM for PA in older adults (>60 years). PubMed, SPORTdiscus, and Medline databases were used to conduct the search. All steps of the process followed the recommendations of the PRISMA flow-diagram. We identified eight studies: Six were descriptive cross-sectional studies, one prospective-cohort study and one with a quasi-experimental design. Only two papers evaluated the four behavior change dimensions within the same study, three evaluated the processes of change and the decisional balance, four evaluated the exercise self-e cacy and all assessed the stages of change for PA behavior. From this review, we can conclude that TTM is a useful and suitable behavior model in creating, developing, and evaluating interventions with the aim of acquiring and improving PA habits in the older adults. However, there is paucity of research in this area, and more studies including the four behavioral change dimensions are needed to analyze the e ect of TTM on the promotion of PA in the older adults. |
Citation | Jiménez Zazo, F., Romero Blanco, C., Castro Lemus, N., Dorado Suárez, A. y Aznar, S. (2020). Transtheoretical model for physical activity in older adults: systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 9262-1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249262. |
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