A qualitative study of older adults' perspectives on initiating exercise and mindfulness practice.
Diana C ParraJulie Loebach WetherellAlexandria Van ZandtRoss C BrownsonJanardan AbhishekEric J LenzePublished in: BMC geriatrics (2019)
This study indicates that mindfulness training and exercise can serve as tools to cultivate important health lifestyle qualities among older adults, who are in the midst of mental, social, emotional and physical change. If it were not for the purpose of the research or the incentives provided by the research team, these older adults may have never started the healthy behavioral changes. From the responses, this may indicate that older adults may need more incentives to begin and maintain behavioral changes other than for their own health benefit.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- mental health
- healthcare
- public health
- high intensity
- chronic pain
- primary care
- health information
- cardiovascular disease
- metabolic syndrome
- smoking cessation
- quality improvement
- resistance training
- risk assessment
- hiv testing
- human health
- social media
- hiv infected
- body composition
- antiretroviral therapy