Promoting Fall Prevention Workshops

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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
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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.

Official Title
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Promoting Fall Prevention Workshops for Individuals Aged 60 and Over: an Exploratory Study.

Conditions
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Sedentary Behavior, Aging

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: semi-structured interviews


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| People aged 60<br>People aged 60 and over who had refused to participate in fall prevention workshops will be included. They will have semi-structured interviews. | Other: semi-structured interviews<br>* 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.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Correlation between physical activity degree, aging and illness | Analysis interview responses. | Month: 5 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analysis representations of physical activity. | Analysis interview responses. | Month: 5 | 
| Analysis reluctance to participate in physical activity sessions. | Analysis interview responses. | Month: 5 | 
| Analysis motivation to participate in physical activity sessions. | Analysis interview responses. | Month: 5 | 
| Analysis facilitators who can help them overcome these barriers | Analysis interview responses. | Month: 5 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Fall, Prevention, Seniors, Physical activity, Interviews