Understanding Parent Support for Physical Activity among Parents of Children and Youth with Disabilities: A Behaviour Change Theory Perspective

Background: An increasing number of dietary interventions for cancer survivors have been based on the behaviour change theory framework. The purpose of this study is to review the use and implementation of behaviour change theories in dietary interventions for people after cancer and assess their effects on the reported outcomes. Methods: The search strategy from a Cochrane review on dietary interventions for cancer survivors was expanded to incorporate an additional criterion on the use of behaviour change theory and updated to September 2020. Randomised controlled trials (RCT) testing a dietary intervention compared to the control were included. Standard Cochrane methodological procedures were used. Results: Nineteen RCTs, with 6261 participants (age range 44.6 to 73.1 years), were included in the review. The Social Cognitive Theory was the most frequently used theory (15 studies, 79%). Studies included between 4 to 17 behaviour change techniques. Due to limited information on the mediators of intervention and large heterogeneity between studies, no meta-analyses was conducted to assess which theoretical components of the interventions are effective. Conclusions: Whilst researchers have incorporated behaviour change theories into dietary interventions for cancer survivors, due to inconsistencies in design, evaluation and reporting, the effect of theories on survivors’ outcomes remains unclear.

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‘It’s important that we learn too’: Empowering parents to facilitate participation in physical activity for children and youth with disabilities

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy ◽

10.1080/11038128.2017.1378367 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 135-148 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Claire E. Willis ◽

Siobhan Reid ◽

Catherine Elliott ◽

Astrid Nyquist ◽

Reidun Jahnsen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Children And Youth ◽

Youth With Disabilities

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“Capturing the magic”: identifying the active ingredients of a physical activity participation intervention for children and youth with disabilities

Disability and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1080/09638288.2021.1907458 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Claire Willis ◽

Catherine Elliott ◽

Siobhan Reid ◽

Astrid Nyquist ◽

Reidun Jahnsen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Children And Youth ◽

Physical Activity Participation ◽

Activity Participation ◽

Active Ingredients ◽

Youth With Disabilities

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Barriers and facilitators to recommended physical activity in lower-limb osteoarthritis: protocol for a qualitative study exploring patients and physiotherapist perspectives using the theoretical domains framework and behaviour change taxonomy

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029199 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (10) ◽

pp. e029199

Author(s):

Matthew James Willett ◽

Carolyn Greig ◽

David Rogers ◽

Sally Fenton ◽

Joan Duda ◽

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Keyword(s):

Behaviour Change ◽

Lower Limb ◽

Treatment Time ◽

Change Theory ◽

Theoretical Domains Framework ◽

Post Treatment ◽

Barriers And Facilitators ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Behaviour Change Theory ◽

Physiotherapy Intervention

IntroductionOsteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of disability and pain in older adults. Although increasing physical activity (PA) can help reduce symptoms, patients with lower-limb OA are less active than the general public. Although physiotherapists commonly deliver PA programmes, they lack knowledge of key barriers and facilitators to adherence to prescribed PA that patients with lower-limb OA experience while attending physiotherapy appointments (treatment period) and after discharge (post-treatment period). This study aims to explore the perspectives of patients with lower-limb OA of barriers and facilitators to adherence to physiotherapy prescribed PA in the treatment and post-treatment time periods to inform the development of intervention underpinned by behaviour change theory.Methods and analysisA qualitative study, based on phenomenology, will purposively recruit patients with lower-limb OA who have had physiotherapy. In-depth semi-structured interviews will be undertaken following discharge from physiotherapy at a single time point. Participants’ perspectives of physiotherapy interventions, including barriers and facilitators to prescribed PA and techniques that they felt optimised adherence to physiotherapist PA prescription will be explored (phase I). The acceptability and feasibility of delivering a physiotherapy intervention incorporating the techniques identified in the semi-structured interviews will then be explored through focus groups conducted with physiotherapists (phase II). Data will be coded following thematic analysis, with barriers and facilitators mapped to the constructs on the theoretical domains framework, and behaviour change techniques identified following definitions from Michie’s V1 taxonomy.Ethics and disseminationFindings from this study will inform development of a physiotherapy intervention underpinned by behaviour change theory aiming to optimise adherence to PA prescription in patients with lower-limb OA during the treatment and post-treatment time periods. This study has ethical approval (IRAS 247904) and results will be disseminated through publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at conferences and to study participants.

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