Experience of Being Fall-Prone and Participating in Research: Fallers' Perspectives.

ABSTRACT: The importance of giving a voice to groups considered hard-to-reach for research purposes is becoming increasingly apparent, with insights into their experience having the potential to improve research participation. Fall-prone older adults are a cohort underrepresented in research, often excluded in large-scale research and considered difficult to recruit. This study aims to explore older fallers' experiences of being fall-prone and participating in research. Seven older fallers (4 males, aged 69-88) participated in semi-structured telephone interviews following participation in an experimental research project. Interviews explored participants' personal experience of being fall-prone and participating in research. The resulting data was analyzed using thematic analysis. Three primary the

SUBMITTER: O'Brien J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11894910 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature