Effect of a health-improvement pilot programme for older adults delivered by a professional football club: the Burton Albion case study
Journal article
Authors | Pringle, Andy, Parnell, Daniel, Zwolinsky, Stephen, Hargreaves, Jackie and McKenna, Jim |
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Abstract | Older adults are a priority within policy designed to facilitate healthy lifestyles through physical activities. Golden Goal is a pilot programme of physical activity-led health improvement for older adults, 55 years and older. Activities were delivered at Burton Albion Football Club. Sessions involved weekly moderate to vigorous intensity exercise sessions including exer-gaming (exercise-orientated video-games), indoor bowls, cricket, new age curling, walking football, and traditional board games and skittles. Secondary analysis of data collected through the original programme evaluation of Golden Goal investigated the impact of the intervention on participants. Older adults completed self-reports for demographics, health screening/complications and quality of life. Attendees, n = 23 males (42.6%) and n = 31 females (57.4%) with a mean age of 69.38 (±5.87) (n = 40), ranging from 55–85 years took part. The mean attendance was 7.73 (±3.12) sessions for all participants, (n = 51). Older adults with two or more health complications (n = 22, 42.3%) attended fewer sessions on average (6.91 ± 3.322) compared to those reporting less than two health complications (8.65 ± 2.694). Self-rated health was higher for women (87.32 ± 9.573) vs. men (80.16 ± 18.557), although this was not statistically significant (U = 223.500, p = 0.350). Results support the potential of football-led health interventions for recruiting older adults, including those reporting health problems. |
Keywords | older adults, healthy lifestyle, physical activity, golden goal |
Year | 2014 |
Journal | Soccer and Society |
Journal citation | 15 (6), pp. 902-918 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 1466-0970 |
1743-9590 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2014.920625 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625032 |
hdl:10545/625032 | |
Publication dates | 29 May 2014 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 21 Jul 2020, 09:49 |
Accepted | 2014 |
Contributors | Leeds Metropolitan University |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/954q8/effect-of-a-health-improvement-pilot-programme-for-older-adults-delivered-by-a-professional-football-club-the-burton-albion-case-study
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