600
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2005
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2009
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2009
The Lifetime Fitness Program
A series of 4 weekly 1-hour group discussion sessions that utilize attribution retraining techniques from the field of motivational psychology in combination with behavioral strategies based in social cognitive theory; weekly for 4 weeks, monthly for 11 months, then every two months for 12 months (total duration = 24 months
Exercise class
1-hour exercise class aimed at increasing strength, flexibility and endurance; weekly for 4 weeks, monthly for 11 months, then every two months for 12 months (total duration = 24 months
UCLA Division of Geriatrics, Los Angeles
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
NIH