scholarly journals Perceptions and Barriers to Physical Activity in Childhood and Adulthood Among Latinas

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosenda Murillo ◽  
Mariana Vazquez ◽  
Isabel Leal ◽  
Daphne Hernandez ◽  
Qian Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Individual Interview ◽  
Latina Women ◽  
The Us ◽  
Promotion Of Physical Activity ◽  
Barriers To Physical Activity

Objective: The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify perceptions and barriers to physical activity in childhood and adulthood among Latina adults. Methods: We conducted 3 focus groups, 2 dyadic interviews, and an individual interview using semi-structured interview guides with 23 Latina women aged 21-35. A thematic analysis approach employing inductive and deductive coding was utilized to code, categorize, and summarize data into themes. Results: The themes that emerged focused on: (1) physical activity is enjoyable; (2) family influenced physical activity; (3) different lifestyle in the US influenced physical activity; (4) physical activity is important for health; and (5) responsibilities (eg, work, caregiving) as barriers to physical activity in adulthood. Conclusions: Perceptions and barriers to physical activity experienced in both childhood and adulthood should be considered in the promotion of physical activity among Latinas.

Irrelevant Gadgets or a Source of Worry

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Dimitri Vargemidis ◽  
Kathrin Gerling ◽  
Vero Vanden Abeele ◽  
Luc Geurts ◽  
Katta Spiel
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Activity Trackers ◽  
Wearable Activity Trackers

Wearable activity trackers are routinely applied in physical activity (PA) interventions in late life, but there is little research that focuses on older adults' perspectives on the technology. We conducted a qualitative study with 24 older persons to explore their perspective on wearables and PA. First, we discussed their relationship with PA and wearable trackers during focus groups. Next, nine participants crafted prototypes for wearables during co-design sessions. Through Thematic Analysis, we identified two main themes: (1) PA is personal in terms of preferred activities and reasons for PA, and (2) wearables are an emotional technology, causing negative emotions when resembling medical trackers or pressurizing to perform. We followed upon these results through a survey with 41 participants, which further highlighted individual differences in the perception of wearables. We conclude with questions to guide the design of wearables and reflect on their role to support PA in late life.

scholarly journals Development of a hybrid sleep and physical activity improvement intervention for adults with osteoarthritis-related pain and sleep disturbance: a focus group study with potential users

2021 ◽  
pp. 204946372110260
Author(s):  
Daniel Whibley ◽  
Kevin Stelfox ◽  
Alasdair L Henry ◽  
Nicole KY Tang ◽  
Anna L Kratz
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Physical Activity Intervention ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Intervention Component ◽  
Beneficial Impact ◽  
Improvement Intervention

Objective: Suboptimal sleep and physical activity are common among people living with osteoarthritis (OA) and simultaneous improvements in both may have a beneficial impact on pain. This study aimed to gather perspectives of people living with OA on important aspects to incorporate in a hybrid sleep and physical activity improvement intervention for OA pain management. Design: Qualitative study using two rounds of two focus groups. Setting and participants: Focus groups were conducted with adults living with OA-related chronic pain and sleep disturbances. Eighteen people attended focus groups in January 2020 and, of these, 16 attended subsequent focus groups in February 2020. Methods: Discussion at the first round of focus groups informed generation of prototype intervention materials that were shared, discussed and refined at the second round of focus groups. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes and sub-themes from the data. Results: Three themes, each with three sub-themes, were identified: facilitators of engagement with the intervention (sub-themes: motivational language, accountability and education); barriers to engagement (sub-themes: suboptimal interaction with healthcare practitioners, recording behaviour as burdensome/disruptive and uncertainty about technique) and characteristics of a physical activity intervention component (sub-themes: tailored, sustainable and supported). Conclusion: We have identified important aspects to incorporate into the design and delivery of a hybrid sleep and physical activity improvement intervention for OA pain management. Insights will be incorporated into intervention materials and protocols, with feasibility and acceptability assessed in a future study.

scholarly journals The Multifaceted Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Dentists in Tamil Nadu, India: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nesa Aurlene ◽  
R Sindhu ◽  
A Haripriya
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Dental Clinics ◽  
The Government

Introduction: India has become the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epicentre with the highest number of COVID-19 cases being reported each day. This has caused a major impact on healthcare workers including dentists across the country. Most dental clinics in Tamil Nadu were closed during the initial two months of draconian lockdown enforced by the Government of India (GOI). As partial lockdown measures were introduced over the subsequent months, dental clinics have started functioning and receiving patients for emergency dental treatment. Aim: This study was done among dentists practicing in Tamil Nadu amidst the COVID-19 pandemic to understand how the pandemic has impacted their professional and personal lives. Materials and Methods: A qualitative study using online focus group discussion was conducted among 32 dentists practicing in Tamil Nadu, India using a structured interview guide in the month of July 2020. After data collection, the focus group discussions were transcribed manually and an inductive thematic analysis was performed using Braun and Clarke’s six phases for thematic analysis. Results: Three major themes were identified after the thematic analysis namely limitations of off-campus distance learning, challenges faced in dental practice during the COVID-19 pandemic and social life impacts of COVID-19 among dentists. Conclusion: Dentists in this study felt that the COVID-19 pandemic was negatively impacting their dental practices owing to lack of clarity in COVID-19 protocols, lack of patient awareness, high cost of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), increasing overhead expenses, ergonomic difficulties in treating patients while wearing PPE, patients’ unwillingness to pay higher charges for treatment under COVID-19 protocols and fear of contracting COVID-19. Majority of participants in this study did not report any negative impacts of social isolation as many of them had stayed with their families during the lockdown.

scholarly journals Compulsão, criminalidade, destruição e perdas: o significado do crack para os usuários

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 174-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Matos Fernandes Castelo Branco ◽  
Maysa Nayra Pimentel De Sousa ◽  
Nellyda Carvalho Cruz Brito ◽  
Vallone Luiz Paes de Oliveira Rocha ◽  
Juliana Macêdo De Medeiros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Psychosocial Care ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Salud Mental ◽  
Alcohol And Other Drugs

Objetivou-se analisar o significado do crack para usuários do Centro de Atenção Psicossocial para dependentes de Álcool e outras Drogas. Trata-se de um estudo de abordagem qualitativa, realizado no mês de março de 2012. Participaram nove sujeitos que responderam a um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturado. As falas dos depoentes foram submetidas a análise temática. Os relatos evidenciaram que o crack significa, para os usuários, destruição, compulsividade, criminalidade, agressividade e perdas afetivas, familiares e materiais. Percebe-se que compreender esses significados na concepção de seus usuários é o caminho necessário para um redirecionamento da assistência prestada pela equipe de saúde.Palavras chave: Enfermagem, Cocaína, Crack, Saúde Mental.Compulsion, criminality, destruction and loss: the meaning of crack for its usersThis study aimed to analyze the meaning of crack for users at the Center for Psychosocial Care for dependents of Alcohol and other Drugs. This is a qualitative study, conducted in March 2012. Nine participants answered a semi-structured interview. The statements of the users were subjected to thematic analysis. The reports showed that, for its users, crack means destruction, compulsivity, criminality, aggressiveness and material, emotional and family losses. It is evident that understanding such meanings for the users is the necessary path to a redirection of care as provided by the healthcare team.Descriptors: Nursing, Cocaine, Crack, Mental Health.Compulsión, criminalidad, destrucción y pérdida: la importancia del crack para sus usuariosEste estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la importancia del crack para sus usuarios en el Centro de Atención Psicosocial para dependientes de Alcohol y Otras Drogas. Se trata de un estudio cualitativo, realizado en marzo de 2012. Participaron nueve individuos que respondieron a una entrevista semiestructurada. Las declaraciones de los usuarios fueron sometidas a análisis temático. Los informes muestran que el crack significa, para los usuarios, destrucción, compulsividad, criminalidad, agresividad y pérdidas emocionales, familiares y materiales. Se observa que entender estos significados para los usuarios es el camino necesario para una reorientación de la atención prestada por el equipo de salud.Descriptores: Enfermería, Cocaína, Crack, Salud Mental.

scholarly journals Perceptions of eating practices and physical activity among Malaysian adolescents in secondary schools: a qualitative study with multi-stakeholders

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shooka Mohammadi ◽  
Tin Tin Su ◽  
Angeliki Papadaki ◽  
Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin ◽  
Maznah Dahlui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
School Based ◽  
Adolescent Participation ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Malaysian Adolescents

Abstract Objective: To conduct formative research using qualitative methods among stakeholders of secondary schools to explore their perceptions, barriers and facilitators related to healthy eating and physical activity (PA) among Malaysian adolescents. Design: A qualitative study involving eight focus groups and twelve in-depth interviews. Focus groups and interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. An inductive thematic analysis approach was used to analyse the data. Setting: Four secondary schools in Perak and Selangor states (two urban and two rural schools) in Malaysia. Participants: Focus groups were conducted with seventy-six adolescents aged 13–14 years, and in-depth interviews were conducted with four headmasters, four PA education teachers and four food canteen operators. Results: Stakeholders thought that adolescents’ misperceptions, limited availability of healthy options, unhealthy food preferences and affordability were important challenges preventing healthy eating at school. Low-quality physical education (PE) classes, limited adolescent participation and teachers’ commitment during lessons were perceived as barriers to adolescents being active at school. Affordability was the main challenge for adolescents from rural schools. Stakeholders perceived that a future school-based intervention should improve the availability and subsidies for healthy foods, provide health education/training for both adolescents and PE teachers, enhance active adolescent participation in PE and develop social support mechanisms to facilitate engagement with PA. Conclusions: These findings provide important insights into developing school-based lifestyle interventions to improve healthy eating and strengthening PA of Malaysian adolescents.

Becoming a transcultural psychotherapist: Qualitative study of the experience of professionals in training in a transcultural psychotherapy group

2020 ◽  
pp. 136346152095006
Author(s):  
Laura Carballeira Carrera ◽  
Sarah Lévesque-Daniel ◽  
Marie Rose Moro ◽  
Malika Mansouri ◽  
Jonathan Lachal
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Psychotherapy Training ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Sufficient Time ◽  
Therapeutic Technique ◽  
Transcultural Psychotherapy

Transcultural psychotherapy is an original therapeutic technique designed to respond to difficulties encountered in psychiatric treatment for migrants. Today, this psychotherapy is formalized and it is in use at numerous sites in France and internationally. An increasing number of professionals are seeking training in this method. We sought to explore the experiences of these trainees, at their entry in the group and during their training. This qualitative study used focus groups to interview trainees participating in a transcultural psychotherapy training group. The thematic analysis generated two domains of experience: the emotional and personal experience within the transcultural group, including the private feelings of the trainee-participants, their initial difficulties, and the changes in these feelings; and their perception of this specific type of care, that is, their perspectives on transcultural psychotherapy and its most original aspects. Based on the narratives of trainees in this program, we conclude that becoming a transcultural psychotherapist involves a process not only of cultural decentering but also of professional decentering. This decentering cannot be learned theoretically: it must be experienced, for a long enough time to become imbued with it and to allow oneself to modify one’s practices. After sufficient time in the group, the trainees succeed in extricating themselves, little by little, from their ethnocentric vision of psychotherapy, and come to tolerate and then integrate new ways of doing and thinking.

scholarly journals What do children, parents and staff think about a healthy lifestyles intervention delivered in primary schools? a qualitative study

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e038625
Author(s):  
Joanna Goldthorpe ◽  
Tracy Epton ◽  
Chris Keyworth ◽  
Rachel Calam ◽  
Joanna Brooks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity ◽  
Home And School

ObjectivePrimary schools are crucial settings for early weight management interventions but effects on children’s weight are small and evidence shows that deficiencies in intervention implementation may be responsible. Very little is known about the roles of multiple stakeholders in the process of implementation. We used a multiple-stakeholder qualitative research approach to explore the implementation of an intervention developed to improve the diet and increase the levels of physical activity for children living in some of the most deprived areas of England.DesignFor this qualitative study, interviews and focus groups were carried out using semi-structured topic guides. Data were analysed thematically.SettingSeven primary schools (pupils aged 4 to 11) in Manchester, England.ParticipantsWe conducted 14 focus groups with children aged 5 to 10 years and interviews with 19 staff members and 17 parents.InterventionManchester Healthy Schools (MHS) is a multicomponent intervention, developed to improve diet and physical activity in schools with the aim of reducing and preventing childhood obesity.ResultsThree themes were developed from the data: common understandings of health and health behaviours; congruence and consistency of messages; negotiations of responsibility.ConclusionAll participant groups had a common conceptualisation of health as having physical and psychological components and that action could be taken in childhood to change behaviours that protect long-term health. When parents and staff felt a shared sense of responsibility for children’s health and levels of congruence between home and school norms around diet and physical activity were high, parents and children were more likely to accept the policies implemented as part of MHS. Effective two-way communication between home and school is therefore vital for successful implementation of this intervention.

scholarly journals Exploring the perspectives of stroke survivors and healthcare professionals on the use of mobile health to promote physical activity: A qualitative study protocol

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Daniel D. Carter ◽  
Katie Robinson ◽  
John Forbes ◽  
Jane C. Walsh ◽  
Sara Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Ethics Committee ◽  
Stroke Survivors ◽  
Early Supported Discharge ◽  
Promotion Of Physical Activity ◽  
Stroke Support Groups

Background: Physical inactivity is both the second-highest population attributable risk factor for and a common consequence of stroke. Despite well-documented health benefits associated with physical activity, its levels typically remain below recommended guidelines in stroke survivors. Consequently, calls have been made for novel interventions targeting the promotion of physical activity in stroke survivors. Mobile health is an emerging field which can offer personalised health interventions through mobile and wireless technology. However, a paucity of research has focused on mobile health to promote physical activity in stroke survivors and, more broadly, this field has been criticised for not incorporating the views of stakeholders. This study aims to explore the perspectives of stroke survivors and healthcare professionals on the development of a mobile health intervention for the promotion of physical activity. Methods: The current study will employ a qualitative descriptive approach using separate, semi-structured focus groups for two key stakeholder groups. Community-dwelling stroke survivors will be recruited through an early supported discharge service for acute stroke and stroke support groups. Healthcare professionals will be recruited through the same early supported discharge service, relevant professional bodies and Twitter. The final number of focus groups will depend on data saturation. Thematic analysis will be conducted using NVivo 12 and findings will be reported in accordance with the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies. Conclusion: This study was granted ethical approval from the HSE Mid-Western Regional Hospital Research Ethics Committee and the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee at the University of Limerick. Output will consist of recommendations for the development of a mobile health intervention aimed at the promotion of physical activity in stroke survivors. Findings will be disseminated locally through presentations at stroke support groups, as well as internationally through academic conferences and peer-reviewed journals.

scholarly journals Mechanically assisted walking training during inpatient rehabilitation after stroke: perceptions of physiotherapists.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra G Brauer ◽  
Lauren Waters ◽  
Suzanne Kuys ◽  
Louise Ada
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Stroke Rehabilitation ◽  
Inpatient Rehabilitation ◽  
Treadmill Training ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Inductive Approach ◽  
Therapeutic Consequences ◽  
Therapeutic Value

Background and Purpose: Despite evidence supporting the use of mechanically assisted walking training in stroke rehabilitation, it is not extensively used. The purpose of this study was a to explore the perceptions of physiotherapists regarding their use of mechanically assisted walking training, specifically treadmill training, during inpatient rehabilitation after stroke. Better understanding of physiotherapist perceptions can inform the development of translation strategies. Methods: A qualitative study using focus groups comprising 14 phsyiotherapists (including students) working in stroke inpatient rehabilitation at two sites was conducted. Transcripts were analysed using an inductive approach to thematic analysis. Results: Physiotherapists perceived two main themes related to using mechanically assisted walking training during inpatient rehabilitation; therapeutic consequences e.g. patients able to walk earlier, further, longer; less fatiguing for therapist, ability to manipulate walking parameters) and practical considerations (eg safety, efficiency, staff skill, access to equipment, weight and level of disability of patient, fear of treadmill). Discussion: Therapists perceptions of using mechanically assisted walking training during inpatient rehabilitation after stroke were mixed. There is a need to educate physiotherapy staff about the evidence of therapeutic value as well as how to perform mechanically assisted walking training.

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