ArticleAIDS care2019
Turning disability into ability: barriers and facilitators to initiating and maintaining exercise among older men living with HIV.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Facilitators and barriers to physical activity in middle-aged and older adult(s) HIV infected persons: a systematic review of qualitative studies.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Barriers and Facilitators of Physical Activity in People Living With HIV: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CarePooled it
- Examining Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Among a Diverse Cohort of MSM Living with HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Feasibility of high-intensity interval training in older adults with HIV and co-occurring hypertension.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- The interplay of comorbidity, disability, and physical activity among older adults living with HIV: insights from the CHANGE HIV study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Challenges to Physical Activity Participation Among Older People Living with HIV: Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Exercise to Prevent Accelerated Vascular Aging in People Living With HIV.Circulation research · 2024Review
- The Role of the Social Determinants of Health on Engagement in Physical Activity or Exercise among Adults Living with HIV: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Body Composition Changes in Response to Moderate- or High-Intensity Exercise Among Older Adults With or Without HIV Infection.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2020Article
- A supervised exercise intervention fails to improve depressive symptoms and quality of life among sedentary older adults with HIV infection.AIDS care · 2020Article
- HIV and Aging: Reconsidering the Approach to Management of Comorbidities.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2019Review
- Evidence-informed practical recommendations for increasing physical activity among persons living with HIV.AIDS (London, England) · 2019Article
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- Middle-Aged Men With HIV Have Diminished Accelerometry-Based Activity Profiles Despite Similar Lab-Measured Gait Speed: Pilot Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- Qualitative Description of Exercise Perceptions and Experiences Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the High-Intensity Exercise to Attenuate Limitations and Train Habits Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingArticle
- Experiences of People Living With HIV in Community Based Exercise: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
- Preventing cardiovascular disease in midlife women with HIV: An examination of facilitators and barriers to heart health behaviors.Journal of women & agingArticle
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Abstract
Physical activity reduces the risk for comorbidities, but little is known about barriers to exercise among older adults living with HIV. Three focus groups were conducted among 19 adults living with HIV, aged ≥ 50 years, who were enrolled in or recently completed a supervised exercise intervention. Sessions were recorded, transcribed, and coded first using inductive methods. All participants were male, and the majority were white, non-Hispanic; 53% were receiving disability benefits. All had suppressed HIV infection on antiretroviral therapy, with almost 20 years since HIV diagnosis. Participants noted a lack of self-efficacy, motivation, and physical limitations that contributed to a sense of "disability" as barriers to exercise prior to the intervention. Through social support and improvements in self-efficacy, participants were motivated to start and continue exercising. Perceived sense of disability may impede (or interfere with) exercise initiation and maintenance; self-efficacy and social support may facilitate exercise maintenance in older adults living with HIV.
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