Victor, CR; Rogers, A; Woodcock, A; Beighton, C; Cook, D; Kerry, S; Iliffe, S; Whincup, P; Ussher, M; Harris, T
(2016)
What factors support older people to increase their physical activity levels? An exploratory analysis of the experiences of PACE-Lift trial participants.
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 67.
pp. 1-6.
ISSN 1872-6976
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2016.06.006
(In Press)
SGUL Authors: Cook, Derek Gordon Harris, Teresa Jane Ussher, Michael Henry Whincup, Peter Hynes Beighton, Carole Ann
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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.
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Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC- ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). | ||||||
Keywords: | Geriatrics, 1103 Clinical Sciences | ||||||
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: | Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics | ||||||
ISSN: | 1872-6976 | ||||||
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URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/107965 | ||||||
Publisher's version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2016.06.006 |
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