title: The impact of resistance exercise training on the mental health of older Puerto Rican adults with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the impact of a 16 week high-intensity progressive resistance exercise training (PRT) program on the mental health of older Puerto Rican adults with type 2 diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-eight Puerto Rican adults were randomly assigned to supervised PRT (n = 29) or a control group (n = 29). A secondary analyses were conducted, and 2 mental health outcomes, the Geriatric Depression Scale and the SF-36 mental component summary score, were used to assess the impact of PRT on mental health status. At baseline, no differences were found on measures of self-reported mental health status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PRT participants had significantly improved mental health status at follow-up (16 weeks).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incorporation of exercise into treatment planning for older adults may have important benefits on their mental health status. More work is needed to understand the mechanisms by which this occurred as well as the applicability of these findings to sustainable community programs.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Department, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Alisa K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Lincoln
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: Peggy L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castaneda-Sceppa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008609:Mental Status Schedule / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D055070:Resistance Training