TY  - JOUR
AU  - Yin, Zenong
AU  - Martinez, Cristina E
AU  - Li, Shiyu
AU  - Martinez, Martha
AU  - Peng, Kezhi
AU  - Land, William M
AU  - Ullevig, Sarah L
AU  - Cantu, Adelita
AU  - Falk, Sharon
AU  - Hernández, Arthur E
AU  - Ortega, Catherine
AU  - Parra-Medina, Deborah
AU  - Simmonds, Maureen J
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/1
TI  - Adapting Chinese Qigong Mind-Body Exercise for Healthy Aging in Older Community-Dwelling Low-income Latino Adults: Pilot Feasibility Study
JO  - JMIR Aging
SP  - e29188
VL  - 4
IS  - 4
KW  - mHealth
KW  - community-based participatory research
KW  - five animal play
KW  - wuqinxi
AB  - Background: Research translating the evidence for the benefit of mind-body exercise in older Latinos with limited access to community-based healthy aging programs is sparse. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of Function Improvement Exercises for Older Sedentary Community-Dwelling Latino Residents (FITxOlder), a Community Health Worker (CHW)-led, mobile technology-facilitated Chinese Qigong mind-body exercise program for healthy aging and to explore its impact on physical and cognitive function and quality of life (QoL) in older community-dwelling low-income Latino adults. Methods: This study was designed as a Stage 1 feasibility study to develop and pilot-test FITxOlder. In Phase 1 (Stage 1A), a working group of seniors, CHWs, and senior center staff guided the adaptation of Chinese Qigong into a healthy aging program. In Phase 2 (Stage 1B), 49 older Latino adults participated in a 3-arm controlled study to test the feasibility and preliminary effect of CHW-led FITxOlder on physical and cognitive function and QoL measures over 16 weeks. Results: Although the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the implementation of the study protocol, we found favorable results regarding participant recruitment, retention, and fidelity of implementation. Notable findings included an 89.3% participant retention, 79.4% of the participants completed at least 70% of the weekly exercise goal, and no report of adverse events. The effects on intervention outcome measures were modest. Conclusions: FITxOlder is feasible for promoting healthy aging in older Latino adults; future research needs to compare its feasibility with other low-impact exercise programs for healthy aging using a randomized controlled trial. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04284137; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04284137 
SN  - 2561-7605
UR  - https://aging.jmir.org/2021/4/e29188
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/29188
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34723824
DO  - 10.2196/29188
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/29188
ER  -