title: Evaluation of a community-based exercise program for elderly Korean immigrants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate feasibility and effectiveness of a modified exercise program for elderly Korean immigrants (EKIs).
  
  
  METHODS
  Intervention study with EKI residents of a senior house (n = 13, age range 67-86 years, mean age 77 years), recruited through posted fliers and with help from a Korean social worker.
  
  
  METHODS
  A Korean-American instructor taught a modified version of an evidence-based exercise program 3 times weekly, 50 min per session, for 12 weeks. Program was evaluated with the Quality Health Outcomes Model. System and client characteristics were taken into consideration because elderly Koreans have their own values and beliefs, which influence their health management behaviors. Evaluation measures included exercise adherence, preintervention and postintervention health outcomes, and satisfaction with the exercise program. Group discussion was used to evaluate satisfaction with the exercise program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants showed improved health outcomes on muscle strength, agility/balance, and blood pressure after the exercise program. All participants were satisfied with the exercise program, and participation rates were good (nine participants attended > or = 80% of classes).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The exercise program was feasible for this sample and should be evaluated in a larger population of EKIs and in populations of other ethnic minorities.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Seattle University, 901 12th Ave, P.O. Box 222000, Seattle, WA 98122-1090, USA. sinm@seattleu.edu
authors.forename: Mo-Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sin
authors.forename: Basia
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Belza
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Logerfo
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019058:Community Networks; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014861:Washington