Mobility Decline Prevention
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Modules - Mobility Decline Prevention
A Randomized Trial of a Combined Physical Activity and Environmental Intervention in Nursing Home Residents: Do Sleep and Agitation Improve?
Cathy Alessi, Eun J. Yoon, John F. Schnelle, Nahla R. Al-Samarrai, and Patrice A. Cruise, 1999, in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; 47:784-791.
This study provides preliminary evidence that an intervention combining increased physical activity with improvement in the nighttime nursing home environment improves sleep and decreases agitation in nursing home residents. For the study, participating residents received either an intervention that combines daytime exercise with a nighttime noise and light abatement program or the nighttime program alone. Compared to the second group (n=14), the first group of residents (n=15) slept more at night, were in bed less during the day, and showed less agitation. A previous study showed that the physical activity program alone did not improve nighttime sleep. The authors conclude, "We believe both the daytime and nighttime aspects of the intervention, rather than a single component, produced the observed changes."
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