A collection of information derived from the Seniors USP study intended to help researchers and practitioners tailor and target their sedentary behaviour interventions to modifiable determinants or preferences and needs of the older person.

This is the diary provided to participants in the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study, for them to complete while wearing the activPAL activity monitor.

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is about visual inspection of the activPAL data by GCU staff for quality assurance

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is about the visual inspection of activPAL data conducted by fieldworkers on download of data

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is about preparing assessment document for research visits

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is about booking research appointments for Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is about booking research appointments for West of Scotland Twenty07 Study cohort participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is about participant withdrawal from the Seniors USP Study of Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is about withdrawal from the study of West of Scotland Twenty07 Study cohort participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is the room temperature measurement procedure for West of Scotland Twenty07 Study cohort participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is the weight measurement procedure for Lothian Birth Cohort participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is the weight measurement procedure for West of Scotland Twenty07 Study cohort participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is for the chair rise test procedure

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is the data collection procedure for visit 2 for Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is the data collection procedure for visit 2 for West of Scotland Twenty07 Study cohort participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is an the data collection procedure for visit 1 for the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 participants

List of all Seniors USP SOPs uploaded to this EdShare collection

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is the data collection procedure for visit 1 for West of Scotland Twenty07 Study cohort participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is an overview of the data collection process for the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is an overview of the data collection process for the West of Scotland Twenty07 Study cohort participants

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is for how to deal with a skin reaction due to wearing the activPAL

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is for calling for help in an emergency

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is for lone working for fieldworkers for the West of Scotland Twenty07 Study cohorts

This the a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is for obtaining informed consent

This the a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is for recruitment of participants from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 cohort

This the a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is for recruitment of participants from the West of Scotland Twenty 07 cohorts

Functional Fitness MOT - FFMOT - Statement of justification for publishing raw data 15 February 2018

This is a standard operating procedure from the Seniors USP (Understanding Sedentary Patterns) study. This SOP is for use of activPAL

Dawn talks about the value of being active when you are older. Exercise can help develop strength, balance and power and so can help prevent falls in the elderly. The number of older adults is increasing. She outlines the background to her research and talks about two databases containing data on older adults which she has helped compile. This helped develop a programme of exercise training, but at the start there were no standards for this training. They looked at strength and power in "fallers". She discusses the fear of falling in the elderly and how and when they develop it. Exercise can help reduce this fear. She then talks about the "dosage" of strength training - nearly all the existing programmes do not contain enough hours to do any good - even though a large body of evidence exists. She also discusses sitting behaviour in adults. The older adult should do at least 150 minutes of medium intensity exercise (which leaves you slightly warmer or breathless) per week. They should do this in chunks of at least 10 minutes. The aim is to improve strength, power and balance, so sit to stand reps or standing on one leg for a while. However, there is the problem of motivation to contend with. One way to address this is to use functional fitness MOTs. She describes the work done on this at GCU. She leaves us with three things to remember, sit less, move or walk more and challenge your balance!