Older adults, clinicians, and researchers' preferences for measuring adherence to resistance and balance exercises.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resistance and balance training are important exercise interventions for older populations living with chronic diseases. Accurately measuring if an individual is adhering to exercises as prescribed is important to determine if lack of improvement in health outcomes is because of issues with adherence. Measuring adherence to resistance and balance exercises is limited by current methods that depend heavily on self-report and are often better at and tailored towards capturing aerobic training parameters (e.g., step count, minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity). Adherence measures must meet users' needs to be useful.

Methods

Using a Dillman tailored study design, we surveyed researchers who conduct exercise trials, clinicians who prescribe exercise for ol

SUBMITTER: McArthur C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10470185 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature