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Relationship of the SITLESS intervention on medication use in community-dwelling older adults : an exploratory study
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 03:Saúde de Qualidade | |
| dc.contributor.author | Viegas, Ruben | |
| dc.contributor.author | Costa, Filipa Alves da | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mendes, Romeu | |
| dc.contributor.author | Deidda, Manuela | |
| dc.contributor.author | McIntosh, Emma | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sansano-Nadal, Oriol | |
| dc.contributor.author | Magaña, Juan Carlos | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rothenbacher, Dietrich | |
| dc.contributor.author | Denkinger, Michael | |
| dc.contributor.author | Caserotti, Paolo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tully, Mark A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Roqué-Figuls, Marta | |
| dc.contributor.author | Giné-Garriga, Maria | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-11T15:35:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-03-11T15:35:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) interventions in older adults can improve health outcomes. Problems related with aging include prevalent comorbidity, multiple non-communicable diseases, complaints, and resulting polypharmacy. This manuscript examines the relationship between an intervention aiming at reducing SB on medication patterns. Method: This manuscript presents a local sub-analysis of the SITLESS trial data on medication use. SITLESS was an exercise referral scheme (ERS) enhanced by self-management strategies (SMS) to reduce SB in community-dwelling older adults. We analyzed data from the ERS + SMS, ERS and usual care (UC) groups. Patient medication records were available at baseline and at the end of the intervention (4-month period) and were analyzed to explore the effect of SITLESS on medication patterns of use. Result: A sample of 75 participants was analyzed, mostly older overweight women with poor body composition scores and mobility limitations. There was a significant reduction of 1.6 medicines (SD = 2.7) in the ERS group (p < 0.01), but not in the UC or ERS + SMS groups. Differences were more evident in medicines used for short periods of time. Conclusion: The findings suggest that an exercise-based program enhanced by SMS to reduce SB might influence medication use for acute conditions but there is a need to further investigate effects on long-term medicine use in older adults. | eng |
| dc.identifier.citation | Viegas R, Alves da Costa F, Mendes R, Deidda M, McIntosh E, Sansano-Nadal O, Magaña JC, Rothenbacher D, Denkinger M, Caserotti P, Tully MA, Roqué-Figuls M and Giné-Garriga M (2023) Relationship of the SITLESS intervention on medication use in community-dwelling older adults: an exploratory study. Front. Public Health 11:1238842. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1238842 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1238842 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2296-2565 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/62121 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Frontiers Media | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1238842 | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | physical activity | |
| dc.subject | older adults | |
| dc.subject | medication use | |
| dc.subject | intervention | |
| dc.subject | sedentary behavior | |
| dc.subject | primary health care | |
| dc.title | Relationship of the SITLESS intervention on medication use in community-dwelling older adults : an exploratory study | eng |
| dc.type | contribution to journal | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 1238842 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Frontiers in Public Health | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 11 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 |