Aim

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of an exercise intervention on subjective well-being (SWB) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in older residents living in restoration public housing in Fukushima Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Methods

Twelve restoration public housing complexes were randomly allocated into an intervention group or a control group. Participants in the intervention group were invited to a series of weekly exercise classes over eight weeks. Participants in the control group received the same materials used in the intervention program by mail once a week for eight weeks. The variation (pre-post intervention) of SWB assessed using the Japanese version of the World Health Organisation-Five Well-being Index and the mental and physical domain of HRQOL via The Medical Outcome Study Short-Form 12 were compared between groups.

Results

Data of 18 participants in the intervention group and 29 participants in the control group were analyzed. There were no significant differences between groups in the SWB (p = .41) and mental (p = .16) and physical (p = .42) domains of HRQOL. Odds for decreased SWB in three months from the baseline was lower in the intervention group compared with the control group (Odds ratio (OR) = 0.23, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 0.06–0.88) but not in the mental (OR = 0.75, 95% CI = 0.23–2.43) or physical (OR = 2.79, 95% CI = 0.79–9.85) domains of HRQOL.

Conclusion

The exercise intervention could mitigate deteriorated SWB in older restoration public housing residents.

中文翻译：

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东日本大地震后集体锻炼干预对恢复公共住房中老年人的主观幸福感和健康相关生活质量的有效性：一项整群随机对照试验

目标

这项研究的目的是检验东日本大地震后，福岛县恢复公共住房中老年人的主观幸福感（SWB）和健康相关生活质量（HRQOL）的运动干预措施的有效性。

方法

将十二个恢复性公共住房综合体随机分配到干预组或对照组。干预组的参与者被邀请参加为期八周的每周一次的健身课程。对照组的参与者每周通过邮件接收一次干预计划中使用的相同材料，共8周。在两组之间比较了使用日语版的世界卫生组织五种幸福指数评估的SWB的差异（事前干预）和通过医学成果研究简表12评估的HRQOL的身心方面。

结果

分析干预组的18名参与者和对照组的29名参与者的数据。 HRQOL的SWB（p  = .41）和精神（p  = .16）和物理（p = .42）域之间的组之间无显着差异。与对照组相比，干预组从基线开始三个月内SWB降低的几率比对照组低（几率（OR）= 0.23，95％的置信区间（CI）= 0.06-0.88），但在精神方面（OR = 0.75、95％CI = 0.23–2.43）或HRQOL的物理（OR = 2.79，95％CI = 0.79–9.85）域。

结论

这项运动干预措施可以减轻旧的恢复性公共住房居民的生活状况恶化。