ArticleWestern journal of nursing research2013
Methodological challenges in physical activity research with older adults.
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- Promoting meaningful activities by occupational therapy in elderly care in Belgium: the ProMOTE intervention.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Exercise-Based Interventions to Enhance Long-Term Sustainability of Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions to Increase Physical Activity Among Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis.The Gerontologist · 2015Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of an App-Based Fitness Program on Self-Perceived Physical Functioning in Older Adults: Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Examination of Social Participation in Older Adults Undergoing Frailty Health Checkups Using Deep Learning Models.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Physical Inactivity and Cardiovascular Health in Aging Populations: Epidemiological Evidence and Policy Implications from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Designing Inclusive Qualitative Research with Carers of People Living with Dementia: Methodological Insights.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- The challenges of enrolling older adults into intervention studies.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2013Review
- Physical activity interventions among older adults: a literature review.Research and theory for nursing practice · 2013Review
- Predicting Decisional Determinants of Physical Activity Among Older Adults: An Integrated Behavior Approach.Journal of aging and healthArticle
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Abstract
The aging adult population is growing, as well as the incidence of chronic illness among older adults. Physical activity (PA) has been demonstrated in the literature to be a beneficial component of self-management for chronic illnesses commonly found in the older adult population. Health sciences research seeks to develop new knowledge, practices, and policies that may benefit older adults' management of chronic illness and quality of life. However, research with the older adult population, though beneficial, includes potential methodological challenges specific to this age group. This article discusses common methodological issues in research among older adults, with a focus on PA intervention studies. Awareness and understanding of these issues may facilitate future development of research studies devoted to the aging adult population, through appropriate modification and tailoring of sampling techniques, intervention development, and data measures and collection.
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