Trial reportBMC public health2020
Requirements for (web-based) physical activity interventions targeting adults above the age of 65 years - qualitative results regarding acceptance and needs of participants and non-participants.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Supporting Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Older Adults with Coronary Heart Disease: Development of a Web-Based Nursing Intervention.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2026Trial
- Web-Based Physical Activity Interventions Are Feasible and Beneficial Solutions to Prevent Physical and Mental Health Declines in Community-Dwelling Older Adults During Isolation Periods.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Trial
- Online physical exercise intervention in older adults during lockdown: Can we improve the recipe?Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Trial
- Ecological Predictors of Older Adults' Participation and Retention in a Physical Activity Intervention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Experiences of technology for increasing physical activity of older adults: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025Review
- Staying engaged: a scoping review of psychological and motivational drivers of adherence to technology-supported physical activity in older adults.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025Review
- The participation of hard-to-reach older people in the research and development process of health technologies from the perspective of multipliers-A qualitative analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Intrinsic Capacity and Active and Healthy Aging Domains Supported by Personalized Digital Coaching: Survey Study Among Geriatricians in Europe and Japan on eHealth Opportunities for Older Adults.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Usability and feasibility of a tablet-based e-coach for older adults in rehabilitation units to improve nutrition and physical activity: a prospective pilot study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Efficacy of Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy in Elderly Patients Over 65 Years of Age Compared to Young Adults.Neurospine · 2023Article
- Digital Technologies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Older People: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Active older adults goal setting outcomes for engaging in a physical activity app and the motivation characteristics of these goals (MOVEAGE-ACT).Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Exploring the effectiveness of a fitness-app prototype for home care service users in Austria and Italy.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Web-Based Interventions to Promote Healthy Lifestyles for Older Adults: Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2022Article
- Article
- User Perceptions of eHealth and mHealth Services Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Diets: Systematic Review.JMIR human factors · 2022Review
- Article
- Exercise and COVID-19: reasons individuals sought coaching support to assist them to increase physical activity during COVID-19.Australian and New Zealand journal of public health · 2021Article
- Promoting digital resilience and healthy aging: Older adults' experiences with intelligent exercise.Digital healthArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundIt remains unclear how physical activity (PA) interventions need to be designed to reach older adults and to be widely accepted in this target group. The aim of this study was to assess the acceptance of a web-based PA program, including individual intervention components as well as relevant contextual factors, and to specify requirements for future interventions.
methodsTwo hundred sixty-six participants of a PA intervention completed a questionnaire covering individual program components (content, structure, and context). Further, 25 episodic guided interviews focusing on reasons for (non-) participation were conducted with 8 participants and 17 non-participants. Following qualitative content analysis, different requirements were identified and organized based on the social-ecological model, resulting in a profile of requirements.
resultsBased on the participants' and non-participants' statements, six different levels of requirements affecting acceptance of and successful participation in a web-based PA intervention were identified. The individual fit was influenced by an interaction of different factors at the intrapersonal, sociocultural, content, spatial, digital and organizational levels. Several age- and gender-specific requirements were noted in the interviewed older adults. Men and women, as well as younger (< 70 years) and older (≥70 years) adults differed in terms of perceived enjoyment and benefits of socializing while exercising together, the time expenditure perceived to be acceptable, previous digital skills, as well as in perceptions that ambience and accessibility of exercise facilities in the neighborhood were important.
conclusionsTo motivate older adults to engage in PA and address different needs in terms of life circumstances and quality of life as well as differences in technical affinity, different requirement profiles should be included in the process of intervention development and implementation. Participatory development loops and modular offer formats are recommended for this.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.