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| The experience of older adults in a walking program at individual, interpersonal, and environmental levels | | Author(s) | Susana Carrapatoso, Paula Silva, Atchara Purakom |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation and Aging, vol 41, no 1, 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, 2017 |
| Pages | pp 72-86 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Walking ; Social interaction ; Mobility ; Keeping fit ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Physical environment ; Weather conditions ; Social surveys ; Portugal. |
| Annotation | Walking programmes are advocated to ensure mobility in sedentary older adults. Thus, studying age-specific social ecological walking programs is needed, to develop interventions that offer the best chance for success. This study aimed to analyse the experience of participating in a walking programme at individual, interpersonal and environmental levels in order to identify appropriate strategies for walking interventions for older adults. A 10-month walking programme was implemented, three times a week with 19 older adults (mean age = 67.42 ± 2.48 years), who were required to participate in the Portuguese National Walking and Running Program (PNWRP). The participants were submitted to a pre- and post-evaluation of functional fitness, physical activity patterns, and perceptions of their neighbourhood environment. After the programme, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 randomly selected participants. The results highlight the potential of this walking programme for enhancing physical and mental health, creating supportive social networks, and a context of walking in nature which was crucial for the promotion of the active lifestyle and functional improvement of older participants. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180126214 A |
| Classmark | HSA: TMA: C4: CE: RH: R: R4: 3F: 76T |
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