A home and community-based multicomponent physical activity intervention program for Chinese older adults: a development and feasibility study
Nan Hua, Chengfan Qin, Ange Wang, Yichen Yang, Xinxia Zhang, Qin Zhang, Jing Chen · 2025
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Nan Hua and co-authors developed, in a 2025 study, a home-and-community exercise program for older adults in China, then tested whether it could actually run. Older Chinese adults often miss the mix of aerobic, strength, and balance work guidelines call for. Policies push activity, but workable community programs are scarce.
A mixed expert team built the program from behavior theory, pairing group sessions at a community center with home practice guided by a phone applet or printed manuals. The target was three or more mixed sessions a week. Twenty volunteers in Hangzhou tried it for three months. The team scored the pilot on acceptance, demand, and practicality, collecting attendance, measurements, and exercise diaries. Nineteen of the twenty stayed the course, an early sign the design fits daily life.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Nan Hua, Chengfan Qin, Ange Wang, Yichen Yang, Xinxia Zhang, Qin Zhang, Jing Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |