JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 31 ISSUE 1.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY
Comparing the Effect of Face-to-face Education and E-learning on the Physical Activity of the Elderly

JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 31 ISSUE 1.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY
Comparing the Effect of Face-to-face Education and E-learning on the Physical Activity of the Elderly

Elderly, Education, Physical activity, E-learning, Face-to-face education

Introduction: Regular physical activity is very effective in preventing or delaying chronic
diseases and premature death in the elderly.
Objective: This study aimed to compare the effect of face-to-face education and e-learning
methods on the physical activity of the elderly.
Materials and Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study conducted in Karaj, Iran in 2018.
The participants were 88 elderly people referred to a senior rehab center and then were
assigned into three groups of face-to-face education (n=30), e-learning (n=28), and control
(n=30).The study data were collected by a demographic form and the 41-item Community
Healthy Activities Program for Seniors questionnaire (CHAMPS) before the intervention,
1 month after the intervention, and 3-month follow-up. Face-to-face education and
e-learning were presented to the two educational groups’ during eight 20-minute sessions.
The obtained data were analyzed using ANOVA, Bonferroni post hoc test, the Chi-square
test, and repeated measures ANOVA. The significance level was set at 0.05.
Results: Between the two educational groups, a significant difference was observed in the
mean score of physical activity at three measurement phases (P=0.001).The effect size was
0.61 for face-to-face education and 0.64 for e-learning. Based on the results of the Bonferroni
post hoc test, there was no significant difference between e-learning and face-to-face
education groups.
Conclusion: Both face-to-face and e-learning methods were effective in promoting the physical
activity behavior of the elderly. E-learning method can be used as one of the complementary
methods of traditional education for improving the physical activity of the elderly.

Shahab Papi , Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz , Mahshid Foroughan , Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahboulaghi , Marzieh Araban , Tahereh Ramezani

January 2021, Volume 31, Number 1

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