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Ferreira R, Fernandes N, Bico C, Bonito A, Moura C, Sousa L, Baixinho CL, Fonseca C. The Perspective of Rehabilitation Nurses on Physical Exercise in the Rehabilitation of Older People in the Community: A Qualitative Study. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol 2023; 8:163. [PMID: 38132718 PMCID: PMC10743497 DOI: 10.3390/jfmk8040163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Abstract
In the face of an increasingly aging population, nurses have to design and implement programs aimed at the elderly in order to keep them healthy and maintain their quality of life. Structured physical exercise and overall physical activity play a major role in maintaining an active lifestyle, improving health, preventing disease, and helping to maintain older people's quality of life. To investigate the importance of implementing physical exercise programs for the older person in the community, taking into account the perspective of the rehabilitation nurse specialist, this is a qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study with nine rehabilitation nurses from various regions of Portugal who have experience of implementing physical exercise programs with the elderly. This study used semi-structured interviews, one of the most common data collection procedures in social and health research. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. The study received a positive opinion from the Ethics Committee. The participants' perspectives focused on the following subjects: "Physical exercise program for the elderly in the community", "Importance of physical exercise in the rehabilitation of the elderly in the community", "People's adherence to the programs", "Gains in health resulting from the implementation of these strategies" and "Gains from group activities". A set of indicators emerged from the analysis. Nurses recognize the importance of using structured physical exercise programs adjusted to the rehabilitation of the older person, with gains in promoting active and healthy aging.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rogério Ferreira
- Polytechnic Institute of Beja, School of Health, 7800-111 Beja, Portugal
- Comprehensive Health Research Centre, 7000-811 Évora, Portugal
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- Unidade Local de Saúde do Norte Alentejano (ULSNA), Portalegre Hospital, 7300-853 Portalegre, Portugal; (N.F.); (C.B.); (A.B.); (L.S.); (C.F.)
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- Unidade Local de Saúde do Norte Alentejano (ULSNA), Portalegre Hospital, 7300-853 Portalegre, Portugal; (N.F.); (C.B.); (A.B.); (L.S.); (C.F.)
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- Unidade Local de Saúde do Norte Alentejano (ULSNA), Portalegre Hospital, 7300-853 Portalegre, Portugal; (N.F.); (C.B.); (A.B.); (L.S.); (C.F.)
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- Setúbal Hospital Center, S. Bernardo Hospital, 2900-182 Setubal, Portugal;
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- Comprehensive Health Research Centre, 7000-811 Évora, Portugal
- School of Health, Atlantic University, 2730-036 Barcarena, Portugal
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- Lisbon School of Nursing, 1900-160 Lisbon, Portugal
- Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), 1900-160 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Comprehensive Health Research Centre, 7000-811 Évora, Portugal
- Escola Superior de Enfermagem S. João de Deus, Universidade de Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal
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Gobbens RJ. Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older People. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:2298. [PMID: 37628496 PMCID: PMC10454719 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11162298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
Abstract
With a growing aging population around the world [...].
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Affiliation(s)
- Robbert J. Gobbens
- Faculty of Health, Sports and Social Work, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
- Zonnehuisgroep Amstelland, 1186 AA Amstelveen, The Netherlands
- Department Family Medicine and Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Tranzo Academic Centre for Transformation in Care and Welfare, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands
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