Health Sciences Department, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2011 Sep;66(5):567-70. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbr034. Epub 2011 May 12.
To determine the impact of a 16 week high-intensity progressive resistance exercise training (PRT) program on the mental health of older Puerto Rican adults with type 2 diabetes.
Fifty-eight Puerto Rican adults were randomly assigned to supervised PRT (n = 29) or a control group (n = 29). A secondary analyses were conducted, and 2 mental health outcomes, the Geriatric Depression Scale and the SF-36 mental component summary score, were used to assess the impact of PRT on mental health status. At baseline, no differences were found on measures of self-reported mental health status.
PRT participants had significantly improved mental health status at follow-up (16 weeks).
The incorporation of exercise into treatment planning for older adults may have important benefits on their mental health status. More work is needed to understand the mechanisms by which this occurred as well as the applicability of these findings to sustainable community programs.
评估 16 周高强度渐进式抗阻运动训练（PRT）对患有 2 型糖尿病的老年波多黎各成年人心理健康的影响。
将 58 名波多黎各成年人随机分配到监督 PRT（n=29）或对照组（n=29）中。进行了二次分析，并使用 2 项心理健康结果，即老年抑郁量表和 SF-36 心理成分综合评分，来评估 PRT 对心理健康状况的影响。在基线时，自我报告的心理健康状况测量方面没有差异。
PRT 参与者在随访（16 周）时心理健康状况显著改善。
将运动纳入老年人的治疗计划中可能对他们的心理健康状况有重要的益处。需要进一步的工作来了解发生这种情况的机制，以及这些发现对可持续社区计划的适用性。
