What Do Older People Do When Sitting and Why? Implications for Decreasing Sedentary Behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Sitting less can reduce older adults' risk of ill health and disability. Effective sedentary behavior interventions require greater understanding of what older adults do when sitting (and not sitting), and why. This study compares the types, context, and role of sitting activities in the daily lives of older men and women who sit more or less than average.

Research design and methods

Semistructured interviews with 44 older men and women of different ages, socioeconomic status, and objectively measured sedentary behavior were analyzed using social practice theory to explore the multifactorial, inter-relational influences on their sedentary behavior. Thematic frameworks facilitated between-group comparisons.

Results

Older adults described many

SUBMITTER: Palmer VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6630262 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature