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Research on Aging, Vol. 18, No. 2, 202-218 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0164027596182003
© 1996 SAGE Publications

The STAYWELL Program-Maximizing Elders' Capacity for Independent Living Through Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Activities

A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of its Efficacy

Gary C. Brice

McLaughlin Center, DeGraff Memorial Hospital

Kevin M. Gorey

University of Windsor

Rose Marie Hall

McLaughlin Center, DeGraff Memorial Hospital

Sharon Angelino

McLaughlin Center, DeGraff Memorial Hospital

The STAYWELL Program, an 8-session health promotion/disease prevention pro-gram for older adults, was found to have a significant impact on elder participants' health-related beliefs and behaviors. This quasi-experimental study's 146 participants were recruited from 8 western New York senior citizen centers, and 70% (n = 102) were available for a 9-month follow-up assessment. As compared with elders on a waiting list, study participants who experienced the STAYWELL intervention ex-pressed significantly healthier beliefs and reported behavioral changes indicative of a healthier lifestyle at follow-up. All of the intervention effect sizes observed may be characterized as large to very large: (1) The intervention group expressed healthier beliefs as assessed using the healthy belief index-at follow-up, three quarters of them scored higher on this measure than the average person in the waiting list comparison group (U3 = 77.3%); (2) the intervention group engaged in healthier behaviors as assessed by using the healthy behavior index (U3 = 92.4%); and (3) they also took fewer medications (U3 = 74.2%); all p < .05. Extant cohorts in this field (more than 20,000 elders) may offer collaborative opportunities for needed longer follow-up of health outcome end-points.


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