AGING MASTERY PROGRAM® IN URBAN LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS OF LOS ANGELES: QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL TRIAL RESEARCH RESULTS

摘要

The National Council On Aging developed the Aging Mastery Program® (AMP) to help older adults improve their lifestyles and engage in their communities. The 10-week course provides 1-hour classes with expert speakers and group discussion on diverse topics (e.g., exercise and healthy relationships). A quasi-experimental trial compared 60 older adults who attended AMP with 46 who did not, within four Los Angeles city and county senior centers (mean age = 74, 57% non-Latino White). Participants were largely low-income; 60% had a monthly income less than $2,000. Attending AMP was significantly associated with an improvement in mental health scores from the PROMIS-10 global health scale, even controlling for study site and socio-demographics. Attending AMP was not significantly associated with the PROMIS-10 physical health subscale, quality-of-life (CASP-19), or patient activation, potentially due to implementation challenges. These implementation challenges, and future directions to continue to improve AMP’s reach, will be discussed.C. A. Mendez-Luck, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States