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What factors support older people to increase their physical activity levels? An exploratory analysis of the experiences of PACE-Lift trial participants.
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- Association between social support and mutual-support needs among the rural adults in China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Physical Activity and Social Support to Promote a Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Older Adults: An Intervention Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The MIPAM trial - motivational interviewing and physical activity monitoring to enhance the daily level of physical activity among older adults - a randomized controlled trial.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2021Article
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- Physical Activity Dose for Hemodialysis Patients: Where to Begin? Results from a Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation · 2018Article
- Promise of Wearable Physical Activity Monitors in Oncology Practice.Journal of oncology practice · 2017Review
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- Factors that Influence Physical Activity among Residents in Assisted Living.Journal of gerontological social workArticle
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backgroundPhysical Activity (PA) has significant health benefits for older adults, but nearly all UK over 60's are not achieving recommended levels. The PACE-Lift primary care-based walking intervention for 60-75 year-olds used a structured, theoretically grounded intervention with pedometers, accelerometers, handbooks and support from practice nurses trained in behaviour change techniques. It demonstrated an objective increase in walking at 3 and 12 months. We investigated the experiences of intervention participants who did (and did not) increase their walking, in order to explore facilitators to increased walking.
methodsSemi-structured telephone interviews used an interview schedule with a purposive sample of 30 intervention participants, 19 who had objectively increased their walking over the previous year and 11 who had not. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and coded independently by researchers to generate a thematic coding framework.
resultsBoth groups confirmed that walking was an appropriate PA for people of 'their age'. The majority of those with increased walking participated in the trial as a couple, were positive about individualised goal-setting, developed strategies for maintaining their walking, and had someone to walk with. Non-improvers reported their attempts to increase walking were difficult because of lack of social support and were less positive about the intervention's behaviour change components. DISCUSSION: Walking is an acceptable and appropriate PA intervention for older people. The intervention's goal-setting components were important for those who increased their walking. Mutual support between partners participating as a couple and having someone to walk with also facilitated increased walking.
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