Aging, Sedentary Behavior
Conditions
Keywords
Fall, Prevention, Seniors, Physical activity, Interviews
Brief summary
Physical Activity (PA) is recognized as the most effective method to prevent falls in the elderly. Yet despite there being a consensus now that Physical Activity (PA) is effective in practice, there remain many obstacles to participation resulting in PA approaches designed to prevent falls actually only benefiting a limited number of elderly subjects.
Detailed description
It's a qualitative study. The target population was people aged 60 and over who had refused to participate in fall prevention workshops. The study covered three different French departments. A total of 19 semi-structured interviews were conducted over a period of 5 months. The analysis of reports revealed there were multiple motives for not participating in the balance workshops. The current means of promoting these fall prevention workshops are not adapted. Finally, the social experience provided by the program was identified to be the principal motivator for encouraging the interviewed subjects to participate.
Interventions
OTHERsemi-structured interviews
Semi-structured interviews will be performed to determine representations of physical activity, reluctance/motivation to participate in physical activity sessions and facilitators who can help them overcome these barriers.
Sponsors
Crédit Agricole Loire / Haute-Loire
Jean Monnet University
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* People who received a proposal to participate in our workshop and who denied it * People living in one of the three departments of the study (Loire, Haute-Loire and Rhône)
Exclusion criteria
\- People who refused to participate to the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Correlation between physical activity degree, aging and illness | Month: 5 | Analysis interview responses. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Analysis representations of physical activity. | Month: 5 | Analysis interview responses. |
| Analysis reluctance to participate in physical activity sessions. | Month: 5 | Analysis interview responses. |
| Analysis motivation to participate in physical activity sessions. | Month: 5 | Analysis interview responses. |
| Analysis facilitators who can help them overcome these barriers | Month: 5 | Analysis interview responses. |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed