Klijn, F. de (Fleur) (2017) Ranking barriers, motivators and facilitators to promote physical activity participation of dementia patients: an explorative study. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Introduction Community-dwelling dementia patients are inactive most of the day. The purpose of this study was to rank barriers, motivators and facilitators for physical activity (PA) of dementia patients. Results can be used to (re)design effective interventions to promote dementia patients to be physically active. Method Twenty community-dwelling dementia patients (79 ± 5.4 years, 25.0% female, MMSE 23 ± 3.5), their family caregivers (n=20, 70 ± 11.5 years, 85.0% female) and an expert group of physiotherapists (n=15, 41 ± 12.4 years, 73.3% female) ranked preselected barriers, motivators and facilitators for PA participation of dementia patients. Family caregivers and experts ranked fifty-five statements on a continuum from -5 (not important) to +5 (very important). Dementia patients used a ranking method with series of two-choice questions coded with 0 and 1. Statements were categorized in the intrapersonal level, interpersonal level and community level. Results Family caregivers and dementia patients mentioned only motivators and facilitators as important. The motivator ‘beneficial health effects’ was most often ranked as important in both groups, mean 3.0 ± 1.4 for family caregivers and mean 0.9 ± 0.2 for dementia patients. The top 10 of experts consisted for 50% of barriers. They scored the barrier ‘loss of initiative’ highest (mean 3.2 ± 1.6). In addition, all groups ranked intrapersonal level factors as most important. Conclusion The current study identified a large difference in perspective between experts and dementia patients and their family caregivers concerning factors affecting PA participation. To promote PA participation a personal plan should be designed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Heuvelen, M. van (Marieke) and Karssemeijer, E. (Esther) |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2022 12:33 |
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2022 12:33 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3244 |
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