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Sport Sciences
Charles E. Matthews, Shreya A. Patel, Pedro F. Saint-maurice, Erikka Loftfield, Sarah K. Keadle, Kong Y. Chen, Robert Brychta, Samuel Lamunion, David Berrigan
Summary: This study conducted a nationwide survey to estimate physical activity levels (PAL) and the behavioral determinants of low and higher PAL in US adults. The results showed that the average PAL of US adults was 1.63, and 39% of adults had a PAL of 1.6 or higher on a given day. Men had higher PAL than women, and older adults had lower PAL. These findings are important for informing public health messages on increasing physical activity and preventing obesity in adults.
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Mauro F. F. Mediano, Yejin Mok, Josef Coresh, Anna Kucharska-Newton, Priya Palta, Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, Wayne D. Rosamond, Kunihiro Matsushita, Silvia Koton
Summary: Higher levels of total prestroke physical activity, as well as work and leisure activities, are associated with a lower risk of mortality after incident stroke. It is suggested that promoting physical activity throughout life could be beneficial in reducing long-term mortality post-stroke.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Daniel B. Ibsen, Yu-Han Chiu, Katalin Gemes, Alicja Wolk
Summary: This study used target trial methodology to investigate the effect of sustained adherence to the DASH diet on the risk of heart failure. The results suggest that sustained adherence to the population-adapted DASH diet may reduce the risk of heart failure in middle-aged and elderly Swedish women and men.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Charles A. German, Jason Fanning, Matthew J. Singleton, Michael D. Shapiro, Peter H. Brubaker, Alain G. Bertoni, Joseph Yeboah
Summary: This study found that high levels of physical activity are negatively correlated with cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality, indicating that high PA can reduce the risk of CVD and overall death. The research also suggests that even among individuals at high risk of CVD, high levels of PA do not pose additional risks.
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Elena Marques-Sule, Silvia Miro-Ferrer, Elena Munoz-Gomez, Antonio Bermejo-Fernandez, Raul Juarez-Vela, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Maria del Carmen Martinez-Munoz, Gemma Victoria Espi-Lopez
Summary: The majority of health care professionals have an appropriate level of physical activity, with men being more active in transport-related and health-enhancing physical activity than women. Younger professionals and those with higher education are more compliant with health-enhancing and muscle-strengthening physical activity guidelines. Physiotherapists are more active compared to the rest of health care professionals.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ahmet Ilker Tekkesin, Mert Ilker Hayiroglu, Goksel Cinier, Yelda Soluk Ozdemir, Duygu Inan, Gizem Yuksel, Levent Pay, Kemal Emrecan Parsova, Elif Gokcen Vatanoglu, Mehmet Seker, Furkan Durak, Kadir Gurkan
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle intervention using smart phone technology in patients with high cardiovascular risk. The intervention plus usual care group showed a 2.7% reduction in ASCVD risk score at 1-year follow-up, with improvements seen in most pre-specified secondary endpoints.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Michael G. Baker, Mary Y. Masterson, Maylene Shung-King, Andrea Beaton, Asha C. Bowen, Geetha P. Bansal, Jonathan R. Carapetis
Summary: The social determinants of health play a significant role in the occurrence of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Primordial prevention, which focuses on modifying these determinants, can reduce the risk of developing these diseases by addressing the factors that contribute to their occurrence. The findings of the Primordial Prevention Working Group highlight the need for global analysis, assessment of existing prevention programs, research on interventions, and improving access to services in order to effectively address the impact of social determinants of health on rheumatic heart disease.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Joselyn Rwebembera, Jeffrey W. Cannon, Amy Sanyahumbi, Nona Sotoodehnia, Kathryn Taubert, Christopher Sabo Yilgwan, Gene Bukhman, Mary Masterson, Fernando P. Bruno, Asha Bowen, James B. Dale, Mark E. Engel, Andrea Beaton, Chris Van Beneden
Summary: This report summarizes the priority research and implementation opportunities for primary prevention of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, emphasizing the importance of community co-design and government engagement.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ganesan Karthikeyan, David Watkins, Gene Bukhman, Madeleine W. Cunningham, John Haller, Mary Masterson, George A. Mensah, Ana Mocumbi, Babu Muhamed, Emmy Okello, Nona Sotoodehnia, Tafadzwa Machipisa, Anna Ralph, Rosemary Wyber, Andrea Beaton
Summary: This report outlines the research priorities for reducing the burden of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. These priorities include improving understanding of the epidemiology of these conditions, enhancing strategies for diagnosis and identification of affected individuals, developing better tools for management, and integrating new technologies into healthcare systems.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Louisa G. Sylvia, Madelaine Faulkner, Marina Rakhilin, Selen Amado, Alexandra K. Gold, Evan A. Albury, Jacob G. Dinerman, Heidi Dohse, Roberta Tovey, Jon A. Turner, David W. Schopfer, Mark J. Pletcher, Andrew A. Nierenberg
Summary: This study explores design considerations related to an online comparative effectiveness study aiming to improve adherence to physical activity among individuals with mood disorders at-risk for cardiovascular disease. Challenges included complex IRB review process and integrating study platforms, while achievements involved building trust with collaborators and generating daily data reports. The study successfully increased physical activity among participants with comorbid mood and cardiovascular disorders despite operational and technical challenges.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jiali Yao, Nicole Lim, Jeremy Tan, Andre Matthias Muller, Rob Martinus van Dam, Cynthia Chen, Chuen Seng Tan, Falk Muller-Riemenschneider
Summary: This study evaluates the implementation and effectiveness of a scaled-up physical activity intervention program in Singapore. The results show that the intervention program successfully attracted a large number of participants and effectively increased physical activity levels, despite a decrease in program engagement over time.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jacqui H. Morris, Linda A. Irvine, Stephan U. Dombrowski, Brendan McCormack, Frederike Van Wijck, Maggie Lawrence
Summary: This study aims to develop a theoretically informed, 12-week person-centred dyadic behaviour change intervention called We Walk, to increase physical activity in community-dwelling people with stroke through outdoor walking. The intervention components and structure were determined through literature review, stakeholder focus groups, and consultation with behaviour change experts. Detailed delivery manuals were developed based on the final intervention content.
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Gloria Santos-Beneit, Rodrigo Fernandez-Jimenez, Amaya de Cos-Gandoy, Carla Rodriguez, Vanesa Carral, Patricia Bodega, Mercedes de Miguel, Xavier Orrit, Domenec Haro, Jose L. Penalvo, Juan Miguel Fernandez-Alvira, Carles Peyra, Jaime A. Cespedes, Alexandra Turco, Marilyn Hunn, Risa Jaslow, Jorge Baxter, Isabel Carvajal, Valentin Fuster
Summary: This article summarizes the 10-year experience of implementing cardiovascular health promotion programs in preschool settings in three countries, and discusses the key factors for achieving sustained lifestyle changes.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Cliff Lindeman, Richard Golonka, Doug Klein, Michael K. Stickland, John C. Spence
Summary: This study compared the characteristics of patients with and without physical activity documented in primary care electronic medical records using pan-Canadian data. The results showed that physical activity was rarely documented in the records, with male patients, younger age groups, no comorbidities, higher blood pressure risk categories, better socioeconomic status, and normal body mass index having the most mentions of physical activity. Female physicians and those practicing in academic sites were more likely to document physical activity. Logistic regression analysis identified several significant covariates, including patient and physician age, comorbidities, and the use of electronic medical record systems.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Stephen Barrett, Stephen Begg, Paul O'Halloran, Jeff Breckon, Kane Rodda, Gabrielle Barrett, Michael Kingsley
Summary: This study examines the use of the COM-B model and TDF framework to code and contextualize the experiences of participants in a physical activity coaching intervention. The findings suggest that changes in motivation and psychological capability influence increases in physical activity. The autonomy-supportive coaching intervention helps to evoke participants' own reasons for change and influence their physical activity behaviors.
Article
Rehabilitation
Cinara Sacomori, Bary Berghmans, Rob de Bie, Ilse Mesters, Fernando Luiz Cardoso
PHYSIOTHERAPY THEORY AND PRACTICE
(2020)
Review
Psychiatry
P. A. Bernard, J. Savard, K. Steindorf, M. G. Sweegers, K. S. Courneya, R. U. Newton, N. K. Aaronson, P. B. Jacobsen, A. M. May, D. A. Galvao, M. J. Chinapaw, M. M. Stuiver, K. A. Griffith, I Mesters, H. Knoop, M. M. Goedendorp, M. Bohus, L. Thorsen, M. E. Schmidt, C. M. Ulrich, G. S. Sonke, W. van Harten, K. M. Winters-Stone, M. J. Velthuis, D. R. Taaffe, W. van Mechelen, M. J. Kersten, F. Nollet, J. Wenzel, J. Wiskemann, I. M. Verdonck-de Leeuw, J. Brug, L. M. Buffart
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Sport Sciences
Jonna K. Van Vulpen, Maike G. Sweegers, Petra H. M. Peeters, Kerry S. Courneya, Robert U. Newton, Neil K. Aaronson, Paul B. Jacobsen, Daniel A. Galvao, Mai J. Chinapaw, Karen Steindorf, Melinda L. Irwin, Martijn M. Stuiver, Sandi Hayes, Kathleen A. Griffith, Ilse Mesters, Hans Knoop, Martine M. Goedendorp, Nanette Mutrie, Amanda J. Daley, Alex McConnachie, Martin Bohus, Lene Thorsen, Karl-Heinz Schulz, Camille E. Short, Erica L. James, Ronald C. Plotnikoff, Martina E. Schmidt, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Marc Van Beurden, Hester S. Oldenburg, Gabe S. Sonke, Wim H. Van Harten, Kathryn H. Schmitz, Kerri M. Winters-Stone, Miranda J. Velthuis, Dennis R. Taaffe, Willem Van Mechelen, Marie Jose Kersten, Frans Nollet, Jennifer Wenzel, Joachim Wiskemann, Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw, Johannes Brug, Anne M. May, Laurien M. Buffart
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
(2020)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Xiomara Skrabal Ross, Kate M. Gunn, Ian Olver, Roy A. Willems, Lilian Lechner, Ilse Mesters, Catherine A. W. Bolman
CURRENT OPINION IN SUPPORTIVE AND PALLIATIVE CARE
(2020)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Roy A. Willems, Catherine A. W. Bolman, Lilian Lechner, Ilse Mesters, Kate M. Gunn, Xiomara Skrabal Ross, Ian Olver
CURRENT OPINION IN SUPPORTIVE AND PALLIATIVE CARE
(2020)
Article
Rehabilitation
Stefanie Rewald, A. F. Ton Lenssen, Pieter J. Emans, Rob A. de Bie, Gerard van Breukelen, Ilse Mesters
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2020)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Laury P. J. W. M. de Jonge, Ilse Mesters, Marjan J. B. Govaerts, Angelique A. Timmerman, Jean W. M. Muris, Anneke W. M. Kramer, Cees P. M. van der Vleuten
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hilde Marijke van Keulen, Gerard van Breukelen, Hein de Vries, Johannes Brug, Ilse Mesters
Summary: This study explores the effectiveness of social-cognitive interventions on improving adherence to physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption guidelines. Self-efficacy expectations, habit strength, and stages of change were found to predict adherence behaviors, while factors like sex, awareness, and action plans also influenced adherence. The study suggests that less resource-intensive interventions may have a significant public health impact if widely implemented.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Shannen R. van der Kruk, Kate M. Gunn, Ilse Mesters, Brigid M. Lynch, Jeff K. Vallance, Terry Boyle
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal associations between demographic, clinical, and lifestyle factors, and changes in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in cancer survivors 6-9 years post-diagnosis in Western Australia. The results showed that a notable proportion of participants reported a negative minimal clinically important difference (MCID) in fatigue, depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Non-Caucasian individuals and those who had non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) were associated with negative changes over time, while being obese and having received radiotherapy were related to improved outcomes.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2021)
Review
Oncology
Shannen R. van der Kruk, Phyllis Butow, Ilse Mesters, Terry Boyle, Ian Olver, Kate White, Sabe Sabesan, Rob Zielinski, Bryan A. Chan, Kristiaan Spronk, Peter Grimison, Craig Underhill, Laura Kirsten, Kate M. Gunn
Summary: Recent research shows that rural people affected by cancer have unique unmet psychosocial needs relating to rurality. However, there was little evidence that rural cancer survivors report greater unmet needs than their urban counterparts. More population-based research is needed to establish whether uniquely rural unmet needs are due to general or cancer-specific factors.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Tugce Varol, Rik Crutzen, Francine Schneider, Ilse Mesters, Robert A. C. Ruiter, Gerjo Kok, Gill A. ten Hoor
Summary: The study found that students' intention to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines was associated with attitude, perceived norm, self-efficacy, and several beliefs, with room for improvement identified. Interventions should target the most relevant determinants to enhance students' adherence behavior.
Article
Immunology
Tugce Varol, Francine Schneider, Ilse Mesters, Robert A. C. Ruiter, Gerjo Kok, Gill A. Ten Hoor
Summary: This study investigated the beliefs of personnel at Maastricht University in the Netherlands about returning to campus and their perceptions of a safe working environment. The findings showed that while the majority of personnel were vaccinated or willing to vaccinate, not all felt safe to return to campus in September. Some expressed concerns about large group meetings or the risk of infection. The study provided practical recommendations for university boards to promote safety and feelings of safety among personnel in similar future situations.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Ilse Mesters, Hilde M. van Keulen, Hein de Vries, Johannes Brug
Summary: This study evaluated the association between Telephone Motivational Interviewing (TMI) fidelity and changes in self-reported physical activity, fruit intake, and vegetable consumption. The results showed a positive association between MI fidelity and improvements in physical activity and fruit consumption, but an inverse association with progress in vegetable intake.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Psychiatry
Madelon L. Peters, Ilse Mesters, Katherine Hadlandsmyth, Julie Bruce
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE
(2019)
Meeting Abstract
Psychiatry
Ilse Mesters
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE
(2019)
