Gently steering - the mechanism of how motivational interviewing supported walking after hip fracture: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore how older adults perceive motivational interviewing influences their walking and physical activity after hip fracture.

Methods

Qualitative study using an interpretive description framework. Twenty-four participants aged ≥65 years living in the community after hip fracture were interviewed. Participants had received at least 8 sessions of motivational interviewing via telephone. Semi-structured interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded inductively by two researchers independently. All authors discussed findings and themes observed through the researchers' lens and mapped them to the Medical Research Council's framework for process evaluation.

Results

Motivational interviewing was described as a nuanced and subtle intervention that guided parti

SUBMITTER: Rimayanti MU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10194110 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature