TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical Activity Programming for Older Adults in Assisted Living
T2 - Residents’ Perspectives
AU - Webster, Katelyn E.
AU - Seng, Julia S.
AU - Gallagher, Nancy A.
AU - Gothe, Neha P.
AU - Colabianchi, Natalie
AU - Smith, Ellen M.Lavoie
AU - Ploutz-Snyder, Robert
AU - Larson, Janet L.
N1 - The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: K.W. was supported by NIH NINR grant T32NR016914, Complexity: Innovations in Promoting Health and Safety, when this study began and was later supported by NIH NINR grant F31NR01878.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Decreasing sedentary behavior and increasing light physical activity could promote the maintenance of functional abilities for older adults in assisted living (AL). The purpose of this qualitative study was to gather residents’ recommendations about a proposed self-efficacy enhancing intervention to replace sedentary behavior with light physical activity. We interviewed 20 residents (mean age 83.1; 60% women). Topics included their current activities and thoughts about physical activity. We presented the intervention and asked questions to inform its modification. Data were analyzed with content and thematic analysis. Specific recommendations included shorter one-hour sessions and framing the intervention as increasing light physical activity rather than decreasing sedentary behavior. The thematic analysis identified multiple factors that could influence intervention implementation, including motivation to be active, safety concerns, ageist attitudes about physical activity, varying abilities of residents, social influences, and limited opportunities for physical activity. These results will inform physical activity intervention implementation for AL residents.
AB - Decreasing sedentary behavior and increasing light physical activity could promote the maintenance of functional abilities for older adults in assisted living (AL). The purpose of this qualitative study was to gather residents’ recommendations about a proposed self-efficacy enhancing intervention to replace sedentary behavior with light physical activity. We interviewed 20 residents (mean age 83.1; 60% women). Topics included their current activities and thoughts about physical activity. We presented the intervention and asked questions to inform its modification. Data were analyzed with content and thematic analysis. Specific recommendations included shorter one-hour sessions and framing the intervention as increasing light physical activity rather than decreasing sedentary behavior. The thematic analysis identified multiple factors that could influence intervention implementation, including motivation to be active, safety concerns, ageist attitudes about physical activity, varying abilities of residents, social influences, and limited opportunities for physical activity. These results will inform physical activity intervention implementation for AL residents.
KW - behavioral intervention
KW - light physical activity
KW - qualitative
KW - sedentary behavior
KW - self-efficacy
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U2 - 10.1177/01939459221107579
DO - 10.1177/01939459221107579
M3 - Article
C2 - 35775102
AN - SCOPUS:85133366662
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 45
SP - 105
EP - 116
JO - Western Journal of Nursing Research
JF - Western Journal of Nursing Research
IS - 2
ER -