Trial reportJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2021
Better Together? A Pilot Study of Romantic Partner Influence on Exercise Adherence and Cardiometabolic Risk in African-American Couples.
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- Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Culturally Adapted Intervention to Promote Resistance Exercise in Young Black Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Trial
- Preliminary effects of a yoga intervention for lung cancer dyads: benefits for care partners.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
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- Investigation of Exercise Status and Related Influencing Factors Among Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients in Nantong Region: A Cross-Sectional Study in China (2024-2025).Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of the Taking Care of Us Intervention for Couples Living With Heart Failure.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- A quasi-experimental study on couple-based exercise program improving cardiac rehabilitation exercise compliance in post-PCI patients.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
- Evaluating the Dyadic Benefits of Early-Phase Behavioral Interventions: An Exemplar Using Data From Couples Living With Parkinson's Disease.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- New Opportunities for Advancing Dyadic Health Science in Gerontology.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Taking Care of Us© (TCU) study protocol: feasibility and acceptability of a dyadic intervention for couples living with heart failure.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- African American Couples' Experiences during an Exercise Intervention Interrupted by the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Case Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Active Engagement, Protective Buffering, and Depressive Symptoms in Young-Midlife Couples Surviving Cancer: The Roles of Age and Sex.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAfrican-Americans (AAs) have higher rates of inactivity, obesity, and cardiometabolic risk compared to other races/ethnicities. Romantic partners can positively influence health habits, yet whether or not couples have to exercise together in order to adopt regular exercise remains unclear. This study examined whether exercising together influences exercise adherence and cardiometabolic risk in AA couples.
methodsNine AA romantic couples (age 62.8 ± 7.7 years; body mass index 31.0 ± 4.4 kg/m
resultsThere were no significant group × time interactions for any outcome. However, ET trended toward more walking (86.5 ± 57.7 min/week) than ES (66.1 ± 31.7 min/week). There were also significant overall time effects for waist circumference (P < 0.001), body fat (P = 0.020), fat mass (P = 0.007), gynoid fat (P = 0.041), HbA1c (P = 0.020), and HDL (P = 0.047), where all variables decreased.
conclusionsTrends showed exercising together may promote walking prescription adherence, although more research is needed in a larger sample. This intervention may also improve cardiometabolic risk factors in this population. These pilot data will inform the current investigators' future exercise intervention research in AA adult dyads.
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