- Title
- Promoting a team ball game (Lifeball) to older people: who does this game attract and who continues?
- Creator
- Green, Sue; Campbell, Elizabeth; Barnett, Lisa; Mitchell, Rebecca; Radvan, Deborah; Van Beurden, Eric
- Relation
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia Vol. 20, Issue 2, p. 120-126
- Relation
- http://www.healthpromotion.org.au/journal/journal-downloads/article/hpja/4-hpja-vol-20-no-2-august-2009/32-promoting-a-team-ball-game-lifeball-to-older-people-who-does-this-game-attract-and-who-continues
- Publisher
- Australian Health Promotion Association
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- Issue addressed: To describe the demographic and health-related characteristics (physical activity, self-reported health status, quality of life and falls history) of older people who enrol in a team-based game, Lifeball, and examine associations between continuation and participant characteristics. Reasons for stopping, participants' perceptions of the game and changes in health-related characteristics over 12 months were examined. Methods: Telephone surveys were conducted with a cohort of Lifeball players at: baseline, soon after commencing playing and 12 months later. Results: At baseline, participants were aged 40 to 96 years (mean 67). Most were female (84%), in good to excellent health (86%) and reported being sufficiently (> 150 minutes per week) physically active (69%). Almost half (43%) were still playing 12 months later (continuers). Continuers were more likely to perceive Lifeball had helped them to: feel fitter and healthier (91%); improve their social life (73%); and be more active (53%). No significant changes in continuers' physical activity, self-reported health status and quality of life measures were reported. The main reason for stopping playing was illness/injury unrelated to Lifeball. Conclusions: Lifeball mainly appealed to healthy, active older people.
- Subject
- physical activity; exercise; older people; socialisation; health promotion
- Identifier
- uon:8283
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/917383
- Identifier
- ISSN:1036-1073
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