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Title: | What factors support older people to increase their physical activity levels? An exploratory analysis of the experiences of PACE-Lift trial participants |
Authors: | Victor, CR Rogers, A Woodcock, A Beighton, C Cook, DG Kerry, SM Iliffe, S Whincup, P Ussher, M Harris, T |
Keywords: | Physical activity;Walking intervention;Couples;Older people;Behaviour change |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 67: pp. 1-6, (2016) |
Abstract: | Background - Physical 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. Methods - Semi-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. Results - Both 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. |
URI: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167494316301078 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12868 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2016.06.006 |
ISSN: | 0167-4943 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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