How do couples influence each other's physical activity behaviours in retirement? An exploratory qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity patterns have been shown to change significantly across the transition to retirement. As most older adults approach retirement as part of a couple, a better understanding of how spousal pairs influence each other's physical activity behaviour in retirement may help inform more effective interventions to promote physical activity in older age. This qualitative study aimed to explore and describe how couples influence each other's physical activity behaviour in retirement.

Methods

A qualitative descriptive study that used purposive sampling to recruit seven spousal pairs with at least one partner of each pair recruited from the existing EPIC-Norfolk study cohort in the east of England, aged between 63 and 70 years and recently retired (within 2-6 y

SUBMITTER: Barnett I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3882289 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature