Adherence to a Physical Activity Program Depends on Individual Fitness Purpose in Older Persons

Damien Mack-Inocentio¹, Camille Gaillard², Julien Finaud¹, Éric Doré^{2, 3}, Bastien Doreau⁴, Bruno Pereira⁵ and Pascale Duché^6,

¹Association Sportive Montferrandaise, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France

²Université Clermont Auvergne, Laboratoire des Adaptations Métaboliques à l'Exercice en conditions Physiologiques et Pathologiques (AME2P, EA 3533), Clermont-Ferrand, France

³Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine d'Auvergne, Inra Clermont-Ferrand, France

⁴Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Informatique, de Modélisation et d’Optimisation des Systèmes, Clermont-Ferrand, France

⁵CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Unité de Biostatistiques (DRCI), Clermont-Ferrand, France

⁶Université de Toulon, Laboratoire Impact de l'Activité Physique sur la Santé (IAPS), 83000 Toulon, France

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Damien Mack-Inocentio, Camille Gaillard, Julien Finaud, Éric Doré, Bastien Doreau, Bruno Pereira and Pascale Duché. Adherence to a Physical Activity Program Depends on Individual Fitness Purpose in Older Persons. Journal of Physical Activity Research. 2022; 7(2):81-88. doi: 10.12691/jpar-7-2-2

Abstract

The effect of a long-term program on adherence in older adults seeking to improve low physical fitness compared to a multiactivity practice was studied. Seventy persons (+ 60 years) took part in 10 months program, distributing in three groups: low cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness (n=25, CMF), low coordination and motor skills (n=21, CBM) and free-choice multi-physical activities (n=24, MPA). Adherence was assessed by quantitative indicators and analysis of temporal dynamics. Adherence was 61.3 ± 25.8% for the CMF group, 49.7 ± 25.0% for the CBM and 33.3 ± 25.8 for the MPA. Only about 42% of the participants in MPA would continue the program for 10 consecutive months. The curve of adherence decreased regularly during the 10-month program: after 6 months adherence had fallen by 20% for CMF and by 14% for CBM, and after 10 months by 24% for CMF and by 19% for CBM. When physical activity program was supervised by the same instructor and when the participant’s individual goal was clear, adherence was significantly higher (p<0.05) in the range 76-81%.

Keywords:
observance senior physical fitness training

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