CDROM ENHANCES EXERCISE AND MEMORY IN THE ELDERLY

CDROM 增强老年人的运动能力和记忆力

• 批准号: 2855054
• 负责人: ROBERT RAGER
• 金额: $ 9.96万
• 依托单位: COMPACT DISC, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-04-01 至 1999-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2855054
• 关键词: DVD /CD ROM; body physical activity; computer human interaction; computer program /software; computer system design /evaluation; education evaluation /planning; exercise; functional ability; health education; human old age (65+); interactive multimedia; memory

Compact Disc Incorporated proposes research to apply CD-ROM technology to improve the daily physical activity level, fitness status and everyday cognitive function of community residing elderly, especially those whose sedentary lifestyles place them at high risk for physical and psychological health problems. Increasing activity level via regular exercise has been linked to a number of beneficial health outcomes in later life including improved cardiovascular fitness, decreased blood pressure, enhanced mood, and in several studies, improved cognitive functioning (e.g., memory). Despite these benefits, appx. 2/3 of adults ages 50-80+ years report not exercising regularly. The proposed program will equip elderly adults with skills needed for maintaining & increasing daily physical and cognitive activity levels, for improving perceived efficacy for participating in an activity enhancement program, and for monitoring the effects of increased activity on every day cognition & memory in a way that is comfortable, entertaining and engaging. The proposed use of multimedia technology for this training is conceived as superior to passive exercise video tapes, audio tapes or health improvement manuals that frequently do not, by themselves, produce significant or long-term behavioral change. This Phase I project will develop and field test a prototype CD-ROM program called THE MEMORY JOGGER to help elderly users increase and monitor changes in daily physical and cognitive activity levels, and their effects on physical functioning and memory. A holistic, multi- modal model of human memory performance examining both physiological and psychological factors that have been shown to influence memory provides the theoretical base for the design of the training program. The specific Phase I aims are: 1) develop a plan for a program to increase and monitor one~s daily physical and cognitive activities in order to facilitate memory and other types of cognitive function, 2) develop a prototype for guiding users safely and comfortably through multiple stages of the program: and 3) field test the concept for efficacy. Phase II will develop THE MEMORY JOGGER fully to meet the everyday physical & cognitive activity needs of elderly across a broad spectrum of health statuses ranging from healthy to frail. The Discovery Channel and The Practical Memory Institute have agreed to co-fund distribution in Phase III. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Commercial applications: 1. Edutainment Publishing Corporation & DisCovery Channel will distribute nationally. 2. The Practical Memory Institute will support the Memory Jogger program with auxiliary material and professional market distribution. 3. Adult day care facilities. 4. Patient education in HMOs, Hospitals, Physicians offices. 5. Community centers and adult educational program for seniors. 6. Corporate wellness programs.

Compact Disc Incomporated提出的研究将CD-ROM技术应用于改善老年人社区的日常体育锻炼水平，健身状况和日常认知功能，尤其是那些久坐的生活方式使他们面临身体和心理健康问题的高风险。通过常规运动提高的活动水平与后来的许多有益的健康结果有关，包括改善心血管健康，血压降低，情绪增强，以及在几项研究中，改善了认知功能（例如记忆）。尽管有这些好处，Appx。 50-80岁以上的成年人中有2/3的报告未定期锻炼。拟议的计划将使老年人拥有维持和增加日常身体和认知活动水平所需的技能，以提高参与活动增强计划的感知功效，并以舒适，娱乐和吸引人的方式监测活动对每天增加活动对认知和记忆的影响。拟议的多媒体技术在此培训中被认为优于被动锻炼录像带，音频磁带或健康改进手册，这些手册通常不会产生重大或长期的行为改变。该阶段I项目将开发和现场测试一个名为“内存慢跑者”的原型CD-ROM程序，以帮助老年用户增加和监视日常身体和认知活动水平的变化，及其对身体功能和记忆的影响。人类记忆表现的整体，多态模型研究了影响记忆的生理和心理因素，为训练计划设计提供了理论基础。特定阶段的目的是：1）制定计划，以增加和监控一个人的每日身体和认知活动，以促进记忆和其他类型的认知功能，2）为通过程序的多个阶段安全，舒适地指导用户开发一个原型：和3）现场测试概念以提高功效。第二阶段将充分发展记忆慢跑者，以满足老年人的日常身体和认知活动需求，从健康到脆弱的各种健康状况。发现渠道和实际记忆研究所已同意在第三阶段共同基金分配。拟议的商业应用程序：商业申请：1。娱乐出版公司和发现渠道将在全国范围内分发。 2。实用的记忆研究所将使用辅助材料和专业市场分配支持内存慢跑程序。 3。成人日托设施。 4。在HMO，医院，医师办公室的患者教育。 5。针对老年人的社区中心和成人教育计划。 6。公司健康计划。