How to Keep Doing What You Like Doing: A Qualitative Study of Active Older Adults’ Insights on the Facilitators and Barriers to Maintenance of Physical Activity (From the MOVEAGE-Act Project)
by
Aileen M. Lynch
,
Gabrielle McKee
,
Fintan Sheerin
,
Jean-Luc Bosson
,
Monique Epstein
,
Ariane Girault
,
Carole Rolland
,
Mary Harkin
,
Ciaran McKinney
and
Pierre Gillois
Abstract
While the facilitators/barriers for the initiation of physical activity (PA) are well documented, there is less known about these facilitators/barriers for maintenance of PA in the older population in general and not following an intervention. This study aimed to explore older adults’ perspectives on the facilitators/barriers to maintaining PA. The study used descriptive qualitative design, with three focus groups, one in Ireland and two in France. Participants were community-dwelling older adul [...]