Ra Ximhai (Mar 2020)

EFFECT OF CARDIOVASCULAR EXERCISE PROGRAM ON AFFECTS IN OLDER ADULTS: CLINICAL TRIAL

  • Erick Landeros-Olvera,
  • Joaquín Gil-Benitez,
  • Claudia Sosa-Rodríguez,
  • Rosa María Galicia-Aguilar,
  • Natalia Ramírez-Girón

DOI
https://doi.org/10.35197/rx.16.03.2020.10.el
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. Special 3
pp. 193 – 210

Abstract

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In Mexico there is an epidemiological transition where the population of older adults increases exponentially while increasing noncommunicable diseases and other important health situations such as depression, low self-esteem, loneliness, and hopelessness. Against this background, health programs promote health promotion and disease prevention actions, emphasizing the performance of exercise as a basic strategy to prevent chronic diseases. The question was raised: What is the effect of a controlled, gradual, progressive, and low-cardiovascular exercise program in a group of older adults on positive and negative affects? Randomized and Controlled Clinical Trial with simple blind intervention in two equivalent groups (experimental and control), under a repeated measurement model. The sample was composed of 45 subjects. Older Adults from 60 to 70 years old, of both sexes, without cardiac risk were selected; older adults were excluded with pathologies that could cause limitations in skeletal or cardiopulmonary muscle functionality. The intervention consisted of performing exercise gradually and progressively, with a frequency of 3 times per week for 10 weeks. The instrument used to evaluate positive and negative affects was PANAS. 22 older adults were admitted in control group (age 66.6 ± 6.14) and 23 older adults in experimental group (age 67.0 ± 7.19); 38 older adults completed the program. In both groups predominated women (66.7%), the medium socioeconomic level (73.3%) and basic schooling (44.6%). There was no statistically significant difference between the groups before the intervention, in contrast, after the exercise intervention there was a significant difference of both groups, observing an increase in the positive effects and a decrease in negative effects in the experimental group and an inversely proportional behavior in the control group. The program of low impact exercise with gradual and progressive intensity of 10 weeks and 3 sessions per week, proved to be effective in increasing positive effects and decreasing negative effects in the experimental group of older adults.

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