Understanding how older people with mild frailty engage with behaviour change to support their independence: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore barriers and facilitators to behaviour change in older people with mild frailty.

Design

Qualitative study.

Setting

Community-dwelling older people living with mild frailty.

Participants

64 older people with mild frailty, workers delivering the service and stakeholders.

Methods

Semistructured interviews were conducted between July 2022 and May 2023 with participants in a randomised controlled trial ('HomeHealth') of a 6-month, home-based, personalised goal setting intervention, based around the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behaviour model. We purposively sampled older participants receiving the service (n=49), workers delivering it (n=7) and stakeholders supporting its delivery (n=8). Interviews explored participation experience

SUBMITTER: Barrado-Martin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11784424 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature