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Older adults’ experiences with mHealth for fall prevention exercise: usability and promotion of behavior change strategies
Department of Neuroscience, Physiotherapy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;Centre for Clinical Research Sörmland, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;Research and Development in Sörmland, SE-63217, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. (PriLiv)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7778-9749
School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Department of Medicine, Sport and Fitness Sciences, Högskolan Dalarna, Falun, Sweden.
Research and Development in Sörmland, SE-63217, Eskilstuna, Sweden;Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Disability and Habilitation, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
2020 (English)In: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, ISSN 0959-3985, E-ISSN 1532-5040, Vol. 37, no 12, p. 1346-1352Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: With the rapidly growing aging population, older adults need to stay healthy and active for a longer time. Mobile health (mHealth) solutions could help support, prevent, or delay functional decline and falls in old age.

Purpose: The aim was to explore older persons' experiences of a mobile application for fall prevention exercise, and to identify what possible behavior change techniques to include in the further development of the application.

Methods: Two focus groups were conducted with 12 older adults (seven women and five men) 70 to 83 years of age. A qualitative content analysis was performed.Results: Two main results emerged: 1) external facilitators for using the application; and 2) internal facilitators for using the application and perceived gains, in addition 10 behavior change techniques were identified.

Conclusion: With support, an application could be adapted for older adults to manage, motivate, and adhere to fall prevention exercise. To achieve long-term adherence to health behavior changes, behavior change strategies and techniques are recommended to be included in further development of the fallprevention application.

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2020. Vol. 37, no 12, p. 1346-1352
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-60515DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2020.1712753ISI: 000506119700001PubMedID: 31910707Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85077985390OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-60515DiVA, id: diva2:1707355
Available from: 2022-10-31 Created: 2022-10-31 Last updated: 2022-12-08Bibliographically approved

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