Cargando…

Insight into the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Multi-lifestyle Dementia Risk Intervention

Lifestyle interventions based on behaviour change principles may provide a useful mechanism in reducing dementia risk amongst older adults, however intervention acceptability remains relatively unexplored. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of BRAIN BOOTCAMP, an Australian initiative aimi...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dodds, Laura, Siette, Joyce
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8682330/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.3496
_version_ 1784617189765021696
author Dodds, Laura
Siette, Joyce
author_facet Dodds, Laura
Siette, Joyce
author_sort Dodds, Laura
collection PubMed
description Lifestyle interventions based on behaviour change principles may provide a useful mechanism in reducing dementia risk amongst older adults, however intervention acceptability remains relatively unexplored. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of BRAIN BOOTCAMP, an Australian initiative aiming to improve dementia literary and reduce dementia risk by delivering a brain health box addressing multiple lifestyle factors through education, physical prompts and an individualised brain health profile. Semi-structured phone interviews were conducted with participants (N=94) at completion of the program (3-months) using a theoretical sampling approach to select a range of participants with varying brain health scores, age, gender, education and locality. Interview topics included participants’ overall experience and suggestions for program improvement. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. Participants were mostly female (79%), with a mean age of 72.6 years (SD=5.4), from an English-speaking background (89.4%) and resided in metropolitan areas (76.6%). Participants positively perceived the program, resulting in high usability and acceptability. Valuable aspects included building dementia awareness in an innovative way, and having re-assessments which identified areas for personal improvement. Participants further discussed how the program prompted lifestyle change, including setting goals (e.g., physical activity) and facilitated a general awareness of their brain health. Suggested improvements included shorter surveys, regular check-ins, and specific tailoring of the program to be more inclusive for older adults with varying levels of health. Our study demonstrated that a simple, innovative program could be a promising medium for delivering comprehensive educational resources and induce lifestyle change for older adults.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8682330
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher Oxford University Press
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-86823302021-12-20 Insight into the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Multi-lifestyle Dementia Risk Intervention Dodds, Laura Siette, Joyce Innov Aging Abstracts Lifestyle interventions based on behaviour change principles may provide a useful mechanism in reducing dementia risk amongst older adults, however intervention acceptability remains relatively unexplored. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of BRAIN BOOTCAMP, an Australian initiative aiming to improve dementia literary and reduce dementia risk by delivering a brain health box addressing multiple lifestyle factors through education, physical prompts and an individualised brain health profile. Semi-structured phone interviews were conducted with participants (N=94) at completion of the program (3-months) using a theoretical sampling approach to select a range of participants with varying brain health scores, age, gender, education and locality. Interview topics included participants’ overall experience and suggestions for program improvement. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. Participants were mostly female (79%), with a mean age of 72.6 years (SD=5.4), from an English-speaking background (89.4%) and resided in metropolitan areas (76.6%). Participants positively perceived the program, resulting in high usability and acceptability. Valuable aspects included building dementia awareness in an innovative way, and having re-assessments which identified areas for personal improvement. Participants further discussed how the program prompted lifestyle change, including setting goals (e.g., physical activity) and facilitated a general awareness of their brain health. Suggested improvements included shorter surveys, regular check-ins, and specific tailoring of the program to be more inclusive for older adults with varying levels of health. Our study demonstrated that a simple, innovative program could be a promising medium for delivering comprehensive educational resources and induce lifestyle change for older adults. Oxford University Press 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8682330/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.3496 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Abstracts
Dodds, Laura
Siette, Joyce
Insight into the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Multi-lifestyle Dementia Risk Intervention
title Insight into the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Multi-lifestyle Dementia Risk Intervention
title_full Insight into the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Multi-lifestyle Dementia Risk Intervention
title_fullStr Insight into the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Multi-lifestyle Dementia Risk Intervention
title_full_unstemmed Insight into the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Multi-lifestyle Dementia Risk Intervention
title_short Insight into the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Multi-lifestyle Dementia Risk Intervention
title_sort insight into the feasibility and acceptability of a multi-lifestyle dementia risk intervention
topic Abstracts
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8682330/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.3496
work_keys_str_mv AT doddslaura insightintothefeasibilityandacceptabilityofamultilifestyledementiariskintervention
AT siettejoyce insightintothefeasibilityandacceptabilityofamultilifestyledementiariskintervention